The Pentagon confirmed that as a result of the attack on the coalition base, three servicemen were killed, including two American citizens.
As a result of rocket fire on the Iraqi military base of Al-Taji on March 11, two US military personnel and another military of the country participating in the international anti-terrorist coalition were killed. This was stated by the official representative of the Central Command of the US Armed Forces Bill Urban, reports TASS.
Also, as a result of the attack, 12 people were injured, five of whom were evacuated in serious condition.
“Yes, I can confirm that two American soldiers and one coalition soldier were killed during the rocket bombing of the base. 12 (people) were injured, among them soldiers from the United States and other coalition countries, contract soldiers”, – Urban said.
According to him, 18 missiles fell on the territory of the Iraqi military base located north of Baghdad.
According to CNN, citing Pentagon sources, Iranian-backed militants or the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps may be behind the attack.
The US military spokesman for Iraq Colonel Miles Cuggins confirmed on Twitter that the attack on Mount Taji took place on the evening of March 11. He presented a photo of a homemade missile launcher that was on a truck a few kilometers from the base.
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Earlier it was reported that the Al-Taji military base in Iraq, where coalition forces were stationed to combat the Islamic state, was subjected to rocket fire. According to media reports, two Americans and one British were killed.
Later it became known that in response to the attack, US aircraft hit the Iraqi militia base on the Syrian border with Iraq.