Militias launch spate of attacks on US positions in Iraq
Iraq's Ain al-Asad air base was hit with the second rocket attack in just over 48 hours.
Fourteen rockets rained down on Iraq’s Ain al-Asad air base on Wednesday in the second such attack on the site in three days. Two people were reported to have sustained minor injuries in today’s attack on the base, which houses US personnel.
Speaking to Al-Monitor, coalition spokesperson Col. Wayne Marotto could not immediately confirm the nationalities of those reportedly injured.
Iraq’s military released photos of what it said was the rocket launch system hidden inside a container truck packed with bags of flower in a nearby residential neighborhood. Leftover rockets in the truck exploded, damaging a nearby mosque, Iraq’s Security Media Cell said.
The fusillade appears to be part of a sudden spate of attacks on sites used by US personnel in Iraq since July 4. On Monday, Ain al-Asad was struck by three rockets, though no one was reported injured.
