The Ain al-Asad air base in western Iraq, which hosts U.S. troops, was the target of Iranian missile strikes last year
DW – March 3, 2021
Numerous rockets were reported to have hit the Ain al-Asad air base in western Iraq on Wednesday.
There were no reports of injuries among US service personnel but an American civilian contractor died after suffering a “cardiac episode” while taking cover, a Pentagon statement said.
US and Iraqi forces are housed at the base in the western Anbar province, as well as troops from other members of the Operation Inherent Resolve coalition against the “Islamic State” (IS) group.
The US last week launched an airstrike in eastern Syria on facilities used by Iran-backed militia.
About 13 rockets were launched from a location some 8 kilometers (5 miles) from the base, a Baghdad Operations Command official told the Reuters news agency.
The rocket attack was the second in Iraq this month, coming two days before Pope Francis is due to visit the country.
A rocket attack on US-led forces in northern Iraq last month killed a civilian contractor and injured a US service member.
A history of attacks on bases
Militants apparently backed by Iran fired numerous missiles at two bases that were hosting US forces, including Ain al-Asad, last January.
Tehran said the attacks, which caused injuries among US personnel, were in revenge for the assassination of General Qassem Soleimani, leader of the Islamic Republic’s elite Quds force.
Rocket attacks were also carried out on other American targets in Iraq since then, including the US Embassy in Baghdad.
Two US soldiers and a British soldier werekilled last March at the Taji camp — the deadliest rocket attack in years on an Iraqi military base hosting foreign troops.
The US military is reported to have deployed Patriot air defense systems at the Ain al-Asad base, in western Anbar province, as a precaution against Iranian attacks.
If these attacks on US bases were happening stateside America could bitch about it, but they’re an ocean and two continents away stealing oil. The lesson here is, if you don’t want some fellow three towns over breaking your nose, don’t go stealing the beer in his fridge.
“American civilian contractor died after suffering a “cardiac episode” while taking cover” LOL the fat sack of …. had a heart attack when forced to run for cover like the cowards they are.
Mossad cannot use the rape jihad in Europe to make us hate Muzmen because they approve of that, so they had to use explosives at some of their concerts, for example, and then stupid European goyim will go and occupy Muz lands.
What part of “leave” ,and “get the hell out”, and “don’t come back” do the Yanks still– after 20 years– fail to understand? Maybe the ‘stupid act’ is not an act? ? ? But Fear not, for the Pope is on his way to Iraq.