Projectiles Hit Army Base in Iraq Hosting US troops

        Baghdad, Iraq (Mar. 3) - The US-led coalition forces have said Wednesday that at least 10 projectiles have targeted an Iraq's military base in the west of the nation where hosts American troops.

Courtesy: UPI [U.S. and coalition troops are pictured at the Ain al-Asad air base in Iraq in 2018. File Photo by 1st Lt. Leland White/U.S. Army National Guard]

        

        There was not immediate reports of casualties of the incident as the rockets struck Ain al-Asad airbase in Anbar province at 7:20 a.m. local time 

        Later, the Iraqi military issued a statement saying the attack didn't cause significant losses and that the launch pad used for the projectiles had been found by security forces.

        The attack came two days before Pope Francis' is scheduled to visit Iraq in a much anticipated trip that will include Baghdad, southern Iraq and in the northern city of Irbil, according to AP news.

        It was the first attack since the US struck Iran-aligned militia targets along the Syrian border week, raising fears of reoccurrence of attacks that intensified last year, resulting the US strike that claimed life of Iranian Gen. Qassim Soleimani outside the Baghdad airport.

Courtesy: NY Times [The remains of a vehicle hit by missiles outside the Baghdad airport in 2020]

Courtesy:NY Times [Maj. Gen. Qassim Suleimani in 2016. He led the powerful Quds Force of the Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps.]

        After that attack, the Pentagon said the strike was a “proportionate military response” taken after consulting coalition partners, alluding the report of AP.

        Marotto reveled security forces in Iraq were investigating into the attack on the Ain al-Asad. Some information is applied from AP.