Two Americans were killed in a sustained rocket attack Wednesday on a base near Baghdad where American personnel is housed, a U.S. military official confirmed.
A U.S. soldier helps Iraqi security forces improve shooting skills at Camp Taji, north of Baghdad, in 2015.A U.S. soldier helps Iraqi security forces improve shooting skills at Camp Taji, north of Baghdad, in 2015.The U.S. military confirmed a sustained rocket attack on Wednesday on a base near Baghdad where American personnel are housed.
The attack killed two Americans, according to a U.S. military official, as well as one member of Britain's armed forces, multiple news outlets have reported. Army Col. Myles Caggins, a military spokesman in Iraq, said a barrage of"more than 15 small rockets impacted Iraq's Camp Taji base hosting Coalition troops" at 7:35 p.m. local time.Caggins also retweeted a message from an account claiming to be the official Security Media Cell of the Iraqi Prime Minister's office, that said that 10 Katyusha rockets had been launched from a missile platform attached to a truck south of the Rashidiya area.
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