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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.

Al-Monitor Staff
Al-Monitor Staff
Jul 7, 2021
A picture taken on January 13, 2020, during a press tour organized by the US-led coalition fighting the remnants of the Islamic State, shows a bulldozer clearing debris from Ain al-Asad military air base in the western Iraqi province of Anbar.
A picture taken on January 13, 2020, during a press tour organized by the US-led coalition fighting the remnants of the Islamic State, shows a bulldozer clearing debris from Ain al-Asad military air base in the western Iraqi province of Anbar. Iran last week launched a wave of missiles at the sprawling base in western Iraq and a base in Erbil, capital of Iraq's autonomous Kurdish region. — AYMAN HENNA/AFP via Getty Images

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