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Rockets hit Iraq military base hosting US troops

From aljazeera.com

Rockets slammed into an Iraqi airbase north of Baghdad on Sunday where US troops have been based, wounding at least four Iraqi troops. No immediate information about American casualties was reported. At least six rockets struck the Al Balad base, which hosts American trainers, advisers and a company that provides maintenance services for F-16 aircraft. Some projectiles fell on a restaurant inside the airbase, officials said. The attack came just days after Iran fired ballistic missiles at two bases in Iraq that house US forces, causing no casualties. A majority of US airmen stationed at the Al Balad airbase, 80km (50 ... (full story)

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