US military base in Iraq Archives - Iran News Daily https://irannewsdaily.com/tag/us-military-base-in-iraq/ Mon, 17 Feb 2020 05:29:03 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.6.4 https://irannewsdaily.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/cropped-iranlogo-32x32.png US military base in Iraq Archives - Iran News Daily https://irannewsdaily.com/tag/us-military-base-in-iraq/ 32 32 Rockets hit US base in Baghdad, no casualties https://irannewsdaily.com/2020/02/rockets-hit-us-base-in-baghdad-no-casualties/ https://irannewsdaily.com/2020/02/rockets-hit-us-base-in-baghdad-no-casualties/#respond Mon, 17 Feb 2020 05:29:03 +0000 https://irannewsdaily.com/?p=106147 TEHRAN (Iran News) – Rockets hit a US military base in Baghdad early on Sunday but caused no casualties, a coalition spokesman said, in the latest attack to target US facilities in Iraq. Washington has blamed paramilitary groups for increasingly regular targeting of rockets and shelling of the base hosting US forces across Iraq and […]

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TEHRAN (Iran News) – Rockets hit a US military base in Baghdad early on Sunday but caused no casualties, a coalition spokesman said, in the latest attack to target US facilities in Iraq.

Washington has blamed paramilitary groups for increasingly regular targeting of rockets and shelling of the base hosting US forces across Iraq and of the area around the US Embassy in Baghdad, Reuters reported.

An attack last month hit the US Embassy compound itself, and a rocket attack on a military base in the north in December killed a US civilian contractor.

There have been no claims for the attacks.

In a report early this month, The New York Times quoted Iraqi military and intelligence officials as raising doubts about who fired the rockets that started the spiral of events that brought the US and Iran to the brink of war.

The United States assassinated top Iranian commander Lieutenant General Qassem Soleimani and Iraqi paramilitary commander Abu Mahdi al-Muhandis in a drone strike in Baghdad last month, after which the region braced for a full-scale conflict. Iran launched its first direct missile attack on a base hosting US forces in response.

According to The New York Times report, the Iraqi officials said they believe it is unlikely that the militia the US blamed for the attack, Khataib Hezbollah, carried it out in December 2019.

Iraqi officials acknowledge that they have no direct evidence tying the Dec. 27 rocket attack to one group or another.

American officials insist that they have solid evidence that Khataib Hezbollah carried out the attack, though they have not made it public.

Khataib Hezbollah has also denied responsibility for the attack, and no group has claimed it.

Iraqi officials said their doubts were based on circumstantial evidence and long experience in the area where the attack took place.

The rockets were launched from Kirkuk Province notorious for attacks by the Daesh, a terrorist group.

Khataib Hezbollah has not had a presence in Kirkuk Province since 2014.

Sunday’s attack, before dawn, was carried out with “small rockets” and caused no casualties, the coalition spokesman said in a statement on Twitter. He provided no further details, Reuters reported.

An Iraqi military statement said three Katyusha rockets had hit the fortified Green Zone which hosts the US Embassy, other foreign missions, and Iraqi government buildings. It said a fourth hit a nearby logistics base for Iraqi paramilitary groups.

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]]> https://irannewsdaily.com/2020/02/rockets-hit-us-base-in-baghdad-no-casualties/feed/ 0 Attack on US bases in Iraq after Killing Gen. Soleimani https://irannewsdaily.com/2020/01/attack-on-us-bases-in-iraq-after-killing-gen-soleimani/ https://irannewsdaily.com/2020/01/attack-on-us-bases-in-iraq-after-killing-gen-soleimani/#respond Wed, 08 Jan 2020 06:13:55 +0000 https://irannewsdaily.com/?p=104359 TEHRAN (Iran News) – Iran’s Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC) on Wednesday targeted two US bases in Iraq, including the attack on the US airbase of Ain al-Assad in Anbar province in western Iraq. The attack on the US major bases in Iraq came after Iran pledged to retaliate the US assassination of top Iranian […]

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]]> TEHRAN (Iran News) – Iran’s Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC) on Wednesday targeted two US bases in Iraq, including the attack on the US airbase of Ain al-Assad in Anbar province in western Iraq.

The attack on the US major bases in Iraq came after Iran pledged to retaliate the US assassination of top Iranian anti-terror commander, Lt. Gen. Qassem Soleimani.

“Tens of surface-to-surface missiles” were fired at the strategic airbase but the exact number is now known now.

US base in Iraq’s northern region of Erbil was also among targets.

The attacks were later confirmed by US officials.

The IRGC added that it would release more details about the strike.

The strike comes as no surprise since Iran had vowed to take “harsh revenge”.

Sirens were reportedly heard and American helicopters flew over the airbase and the total alert was activated.

US President Donald Trump was being briefed about the retaliatory strikes.

“We are aware of the reports of attacks on US facilities in Iraq. The President has been briefed and is monitoring the situation closely and consulting with his national security team,” White House spokeswoman Stephanie Grisham said in a statement.

The Pentagon claimed that it would take necessary measures to protect the US military forces amid heightened tensions in the region.

“We are working on initial battle damage assessments,” Pentagon spokesman Jonathan Hoffman said in statement, adding that the bases targeted were at al-Assad airbase and another in Erbil, the capital of Iraq’s semi-autonomous Kurdistan region.

“At approximately 5.30 pm (2230 GMT) on January 7, Iran launched more than a dozen ballistic missiles against US military and coalition forces in Iraq,” Assistant to the US Secretary of Defense for Public Affairs Jonathan Hoffman said in a statement.

“It is clear that these missiles were launched from Iran and targeted at least two Iraqi military bases hosting US military and coalition personnel at Al-Assad and Irbil.”

Iraq’s Popular Mobilization Units (PMU) anti-terror group, better known as Hashd al-Sha’abi forces, announced the start of Crushing Response Operation to the United States.

The White House was preparing for an address to the US nation by the American commander in chief, but it was announced later that the speech has been called off.

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