Rocket Attack Wounds U.S.-Led Coalition Troops, Iraqi Soldiers In Base Near Baghdad
Three U.S.-led coalition members and two Iraqi solders were injured Saturday, continuing a string of tit-for-tat attacks between the U.S. and Iran-backed militia largely playing out on Iraqi soil.
Updated at 4:42 p.m. ET
More than two dozen rockets were fired at a military base north of Baghdad hosting American forces Saturday morning, wounding three members of the U.S.-led coalition and two Iraqi soldiers, the coalition's spokesperson announced in a tweet.
Two of the wounded Americans sufferedJonathan R. Hoffman, assistant to the Secretary of Defense for public affairs. Iraqi security forces have made an initial arrest, Hoffman said, adding that the U.S. was investigating the attack with them.
