Militia attacks on US forces in Erbil challenges Iraqi government

A rocket attack on a US base in northern Iraq is putting pressure on the Iraqi government and challenging the Biden administration's policy in Iraq.
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A worker clears the shattered glass on Feb. 16, 2021, outside a damaged shop following a rocket attack the previous night in Erbil, the capital of the northern Iraqi Kurdish autonomous region. A volley of rockets targeting an airbase in Iraq's Kurdistan Region on Feb. 15 killed a foreign civilian contractor and wounded five others and a US soldier, according to the US-led coalition. The attack also damaged shops in the area. - SAFIN HAMED/AFP via Getty Images
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Hassan Al-Saeed
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ERBIL, Iraq — At exactly 9:30 pm local time on Feb. 15, several rockets were launched on US coalition forces located inside Erbil’s international airport from the southern side of the city.

The attack targeted the US coalition base in the northern Iraq city, killing a civilian contractor and injuring eight others.

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