5 Wounded In Rocket Attack On Iraq Base Hosting Americans: Report

The rockets targeted Balad airbase north of Baghdad, and two crashed into a dormitory and a canteen of US company Sallyport, the source told AFP.

Five rockets targeted Sunday an Iraqi airbase hosting US soldiers and at least two projectiles hit an American maintenance firm wounding two foreigners and three Iraqi soldiers, a security source said. The rockets targeted Balad airbase north of Baghdad, and two crashed into a dormitory and a canteen of US company Sallyport, the source told AFP. Two foreign contractors and three Iraqi soldiers were wounded, the source added. There was no immediate claim of responsibility, but the United States routinely blames Iran-linked Iraqi factions for such attacks on its troops and diplomats.