Rockets hit Iraq base housing US Forces

SANAA, March 12 (YPA) – At least ten rockets have hit a base near Baghdad that houses US troops the Iraqi media reported.

According to the media, the Katyusha rockets struck al-Taji, located 27km north of Baghdad, on Wednesday. The base houses American forces in addition to Iraqi soldiers.

The attack is the latest of several to hit US and coalition facilities in Iraq within the past several months.

Several rockets landed in and around al-Taji in January, injuring a member of Iraq’s security forces, and last week two rockets reportedly struck Baghdad’s Green Zone, setting off alarms at the US Embassy.

E.M