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| Two US, one British troops killed in rocket attack on Iraq's Taji base - report | Two US, one British troops killed in rocket attack on Iraq's Taji base - report |
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| Two Americans and one British servicemember are dead after 15 rockets hit a coalition base outside Baghdad, US officials have reported, citing “preliminary information” - despite Iraqi claims the strike had produced no casualties. | Two Americans and one British servicemember are dead after 15 rockets hit a coalition base outside Baghdad, US officials have reported, citing “preliminary information” - despite Iraqi claims the strike had produced no casualties. |
| The rocket attack on Camp Taji also left about a dozen people injured, the officials told Reuters, on condition of anonymity. | The rocket attack on Camp Taji also left about a dozen people injured, the officials told Reuters, on condition of anonymity. |
| The Iraqi military, which initially reported 10 rockets had hit the base 27km north of Baghdad on Wednesday, did not mention any casualties. | |
| The UK Ministry of Defense confirmed it was aware of “an incident involving UK service personnel at Camp Taji” and that it was investigating. | |
| Several sources reported that the US responded to the strike with airstrikes against Iraq’s Popular Mobilization Units in Anbar province near the border of Iraq and Syria, though no group has stepped forward to take responsibility for the attack on Camp Taji and no evidence has been presented linking any Iraqi militia to the rockets. | |
| The rocket attack was the latest of several to hit US and coalition sites in Iraq over the past few months and the second strike on Camp Taji since January, when several rockets landed in and around the base, injuring a member of the Iraqi security forces. No group claimed responsibility for these acts. | |
| The Pentagon has insisted the threat of Iranian attack justifies beefing up its missile defense systems in Iraq, even though the Iraqi parliament has made clear it wants all foreign troops out of the country. | |
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