Iraq officials: Rocket attack hits base housing US troops Iraqi security officials say a barrage of rockets has hit a base housing U.S.-led coalition troops north of BaghdadBAGHDAD -- A barrage of rockets hit a base housing U.S. and other coalition troops north of Baghdad on Saturday, Iraqi security officials said, just days after a similar attack killed three servicemen, including two Americans. Some struck the area where coalition forces are based, while others fell on air defense units, the Iraqi military statement said. Jonathan Hoffman, chief Pentagon spokesman, said later that three U.S. service members were wounded in the Camp Taji attack. Iraqi forces later discovered seven platforms from which the rockets were in the Abu Azam area, north of Baghdad. Wednesday's attack on Camp Taji was the deadliest to target U.S. troops in Iraq since a late December rocket attack on an Iraqi base, which killed a U.S. contractor.

Source: ABC News March 14, 2020 08:16 UTC