Undeterred: Suspected Iranian-backed militias answer US ‘proportionate’ response with another rocket attack on US troops

Published March 3, 2021 12:17pm ET



SHOOT AND SCOOT: The group behind the attack has not been confirmed, but this morning’s (7:20 a.m. Baghdad time) rocket assault on an Iraqi base hosting U.S. troops has all the earmarks of the same Iranian-backed militias responsible for previous attacks in recent weeks.

The initial report, tweeted by U.S. military spokesman Col. Wayne Marotto, said 10 “indirect fire” rockets hit the al Asad air base in Anbar, where many of the remaining 2,500 U.S. forces in Iraq are based, and that Iraqi Security Forces are investigating. In a later statement, the Iraqi military said there were no significant losses and that the abandoned launch pad used to fire the volley of rockets had been found.

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