Jen Psaki addresses NEW ROCKET ATTACKS in Iraq
Published Date: 3/3/2021
Source: The Hill
A base housing U.S.-led coalition troops in Iraq was hit by at least 10 rockets on Wednesday morning, military officials said. "We can confirm that early this morning the air base at Al Asad in Iraq came under rocket attack," top Pentagon spokesman John Kirby said in a statement. Kirby said preliminary indications are that about 10 rockets were fired from points of origin east of the base, and that Al Asad’s Counter-Rocket, Artillery, Mortar (C-RAM) missile defense systems were engaged. There are no reports of U.S. service members being injured and all are accounted for, though a U.S. civilian contractor suffered a cardiac episode while sheltering and died shortly after, he added. READ MORE: http://hill.cm/sp1Y2UD