3 U.S. troops wounded in new rocket attack on Iraq base
A new rocket attack against a base in Iraq housing servicemembers left three American troops wounded, according to a U.S. official.
"At least [25] 107mm rockets impacted Iraq's Camp Taji base hosting Coalition troops, March 14 at 10:51 a.m. ," wrote Lt. Colonel Myles Caggins, the spokesman for Operation Inherent Resolve"3-Coalition WIA , 2-Iraqi WIA. Assessment and investigation ongoing, Iraqi Security Forces confirmed in a tweet that they had located the seven launch platforms used to launch the rockets at Camp Taji and found 24 unfired missiles.
A rocket attack in December that killed an American contractor triggered a series of events that almost led the U.S. and Iran to the brink of war.
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