{"id":5041,"date":"2020-03-15T17:21:30","date_gmt":"2020-03-15T12:51:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ariananews.co\/en\/?p=5041"},"modified":"2020-03-15T17:21:30","modified_gmt":"2020-03-15T12:51:30","slug":"3-us-troops-wounded-in-new-rocket-attack-on-iraq-base","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ariananews.co\/en\/world\/3-us-troops-wounded-in-new-rocket-attack-on-iraq-base\/","title":{"rendered":"3 US Troops Wounded in New Rocket Attack on Iraq Base"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>A new rocket attack against a base in Iraq housing servicemembers left three American troops wounded, according to the Pentagon.<!--more--><\/h2>\n<p><em><strong>Ariana News Agency-<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p>The U.S. military carried out retaliatory airstrikes on Thursday that targeted weapons facilities belonging to an Iranian-backed Shiite militia group blamed for a similar attack on Wednesday on the base that killed two American service members and a British soldier.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Last night, there was a Katyusha rocket attack on U.S., coalition and Iraqi forces at Camp Taji,&#8221; Jonathan Hoffman, the Pentagon&#8217;s chief spokesman, said in a statement. &#8220;We had three U.S. service members who were injured. Two seriously who are being treated at the military hospital at the Baghdad Airport base.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>A spokesman for the U.S.-led coalition in Iraq had earlier confirmed via Twitter that two Iraqi troops were also wounded in Saturday&#8217;s attack on the large training base known as Camp Taji, located north of Baghdad.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;At least [25] 107mm rockets impacted Iraq&#8217;s Camp Taji base hosting Coalition troops, March 14 at 10:51 a.m. (Iraq Time),&#8221; wrote Lt. Colonel Myles Caggins, the spokesman for Operation Inherent Resolve &#8220;3-Coalition WIA (wounded in action) , 2-Iraqi WIA. 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