Iraq attack: US base hit by 'three rockets' at military airbase - one person injured
THREE rockets are understood to have hit Balad air base north of Baghdad, Iraq.
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Middle Eastern media has reported one Iraqi military contractor for a US company has been injured. Reporters in Iraq announced they heard the sound of an explosion around Balad Airbase, on Saturday. The military base is located in the southern province of Saladin.
The blasts at the airbase were caused by three Katyusha rockets.
Southern Iraq’s Saladin Governorate announced the explosions were caused by 107mm rockets.
The three rockets hit the former headquarters of the US Sally Porter Company, which is located inside the airbase.
North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) forces are based at the former headquarters of Sally Porter Company.
Three people have been injured in the attack, including an American contractor.
Also today, seven people, including five jihadists were killed in a fire-fight between Iraqi security and members of ISIS.
The incident happened today north of Baghdad.
The Iraqi army raided a site where an ISIS unit was planning a suicide attack in the capital.
In January, 30 people were killed in an ISIS attack in Baghdad.
Officials at the airbase spoke on condition of anonymity with local Iraqi media, this is in line with regulations.
US defense company Sallyport has its headquarters inside the airbase.
The company has 46 personnel there that provide services to support Iraq’s F-16 fighter jet program.
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The attack follows on from a more severe one at the beginning of the week when a dozen rockets targeted coalition forces outside Irbil international airport in Kurdish-controlled northern Iraq.
The rocket attack killed one coalition contractor and wounded nine others.
Iraqi and Kurdish residents were also severely injured in the attack.