At least three rockets landed in the Baghdad International Airport compound and near an adjacent US air base, damaging one disused civilian airplane, Iraqi police sources said on Friday.
The police sources did not report any other damage or any injuries. The damaged aircraft wasAt least three rockets landed in the Baghdad International Airport compound and near an adjacent US air base, damaging one disused civilian airplane, Iraqi police sources said on Friday.
The police sources did not report any other damage or any injuries. The damaged aircraft wasan out of use Iraqi Airways plane, they said. Iraq’s state news agency reported, citing the country’s aviation aut ority, that there was no disruption to travel. The US air base, known as Camp Victory, is located around the perimeter of Baghdad’s civilvan airport.
Rocket attacks which US and some Iraqi officials blame on Iranbacked militia groups who oppose the US military presence in the region have regularly hit the complex in recent years.
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