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A group identified as Saraya Awliya al-Dam (“Guardians of Blood”), declared that they were responsible for the rocket attack on the U.S led base in Iraq on Monday, killing one contractor and wounded five civilians.
According to security reports, at least three rockets landed near Erbil International Airport where the U.S. troops occupy a military base.
Some Iraqi official allegedly said that the attack is connected with several rocket and roadside attacks against coalition forces and U.S installations including the embassy of Baghdad.
Currently, the central government of Baghdad together with the Kurdistan Regional Government, is forming a committee to investigate the incident.
Iraq rocket attack kills contractor, wounds U.S. service member
It was the most deadly attack to hit U.S.-led forces for almost a year in Iraq, where tensions have escalated.
NBC News disclosed that according to U.S. officials, a civilian contractor was killed and five others were wounded in a rocket attack Monday at a U.S.-led military base in Kurdish northern Iraq that also left a U.S. service member with a concussion
The contractor who was killed was not an American, and of the wounded civilians, four are from the U.S. and one is from Turkey.
Kurdish security sources said at least three rockets landed near Erbil International Airport in the autonomous region late at night.
U.S. troops occupy a military base adjacent to the civilian airport.
Iraq rocket attack kills contractor, wounds US service member, coalition says
A group calling itself Saraya Awliya al-Dam (“Guardians of Blood”) claimed responsibility for the attack on the U.S.-led base
According to Fox News, a coalition spokesman said on Twitter the attack hit coalition forces in the Kurdish regional capital of Erbil, and that more details would follow.
Reuters reporters heard several loud explosions and saw a fire break out near the airport.
U.S. troops occupy a military base adjacent to the civilian airport.
A group calling itself Saraya Awliya al-Dam (“Guardians of Blood”) claimed responsibility for the attack on the U.S.-led base, saying it targeted the “American occupation” in Iraq. It provided no evidence for its claim.
Foreign contractor killed, 6 wounded in Iraq rocket attack
