Rocket attack on base next to Baghdad airport wounds 6 fighters
A rocket attack hit a military base next to Baghdad
International Airport and wounded six fighters, according to a statement from
the Iraqi military.
The statement added that four rockets were fired,
and that security forces found a rocket launcher and several rockets in a
search of the area, reported Reuters.
There was no immediate claim of responsibility.
The attack comes the morning after at least two rockets
landed near Baghdad International Airport in an attack targeting US forces,
according to Al Arabiya’s correspondent.
Two days prior, Iraqi military sources said two
mortar bombs landed inside the Balad air force base in Iraq.
The attacks come amid continued unrest in the
country, which has been rocked by anti-government protests since October.
Authorities have responded with brutal violence.
