{"id":1190141,"date":"2022-01-05T09:49:56","date_gmt":"2022-01-05T14:49:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1190141"},"modified":"2022-01-05T09:50:08","modified_gmt":"2022-01-05T14:50:08","slug":"rocket-strikes-airbase-in-iraq-housing-u-s-troops","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/rocket-strikes-airbase-in-iraq-housing-u-s-troops\/","title":{"rendered":"Rocket Strikes Airbase In Iraq Housing U.S. Troops"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">16<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Frocket-strikes-airbase-in-iraq-housing-u-s-troops%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1190141&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>A Katyusha rocket struck a military base in Iraq where U.S. troops were stationed at Baghdad\u2019s international airport on Wednesday, according to a statement from the Iraqi military.<\/p>\n<p>No injuries or casualties were reported.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cU.S. Army Colonel Wayne Marotto, spokesman for the U.S.-led international military coalition, tweeted that initial reports suggested the attack took place at 2:45 p.m. He said the damage was being assessed,\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/world\/middle-east\/rockets-hit-iraqi-base-housing-us-forces-no-casualties-us-coalition-2021-07-05\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Reuters<\/a> reported.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Tonight 4 <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Katyusha?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Katyusha<\/a> rockets landed near \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Baghdad?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Baghdad<\/a> Diplomatic Support Center\u201d known as \u201cBDSC\u201d located in Baghdad airport, hosting US diplomatic personnel &amp; troops.<\/p>\n<p>A fire broke out in the base due to the strike.<\/p>\n<p>No casualties have been reported so far.<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Iraq?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Iraq<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/n5BOY3icWh\">pic.twitter.com\/n5BOY3icWh<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 VAJRA: The Strategic Forum\u2122 (@VajraForum) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/VajraForum\/status\/1478577648381034496?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">January 5, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<p>The attack was the third in three consecutive days targeting U.S. troops in the area. On Tuesday, U.S. forces in Iraq stopped a second armed drone attack targeting the area in Baghdad.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cTwo explosive-laden drones were shot down on Tuesday by Iraq\u2019s air defenses as they approached the Ain al-Asad air base, which hosts U.S. forces, west of Baghdad, an official of the U.S.-led international military coalition said,\u201d&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/world\/us\/drone-attack-us-forces-foiled-west-baghdad-2022-01-04\/\">Reuters<\/a> reported on Tuesday.<\/p>\n<p>Two armed drones were also shot down on Monday as they approached a military base housing U.S. forces near Baghdad\u2019s international airport, according to a separate Reuters report.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Text__text___3eVx1j Text__dark-grey___AS2I_p Text__regular___Bh17t- Text__large___1i0u1F Body__base___25kqPt Body__large_body___3g04wK ArticleBody__element___3UrnEs\" data-testid=\"paragraph-3\">\u201c[A]n official of the U.S.-led international military coalition said the base\u2019s defence system had engaged \u2018two fixed-wing suicide drones. They were shot down without incident,\u2019\u201d the&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/world\/us\/drone-attack-us-base-foiled-iraqi-security-sources-say-2022-01-03\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">report<\/a>&nbsp;stated.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Text__text___3eVx1j Text__dark-grey___AS2I_p Text__regular___Bh17t- Text__large___1i0u1F Body__base___25kqPt Body__large_body___3g04wK ArticleBody__element___3UrnEs\" data-testid=\"paragraph-4\">\u201cThis was a dangerous attack on a civilian airport,\u201d the coalition official also said, according to Reuters.<\/p>\n<p>The attacks were likely associated with the January 3 two-year anniversary of the assassination of Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps (IRGC) Quds Force Commander Qasem Soleimani by a U.S. drone strike at the Baghdad airport ordered by then-President Donald Trump.<\/p>\n<p>As The Daily Wire&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/breaking-u-s-kills-two-top-iranian-military-leaders-bigger-than-bin-laden-al-baghdadi-reports-say\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">reported<\/a>&nbsp;in 2020, U.S. military forces reportedly killed two top Iranian military commanders involved in terrorism in Iraq in an airstrike in what analysts said was a significantly bigger deal than the killing of al-Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden and ISIS leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi:<\/p>\n<p><em>Iranian Major-General Qasem Soleimani, head of the Quds Force, and Iraqi militia commander Abu Mahdi al-Muhandis were the two Iranian military leaders who were killed. Al-Muhandis was in charge of the Iranian-linked Popular Mobilization Forces.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>BBC reporter Ali Hashem reported: \u201cMy sources suggesting that commander of IRGC Quds force Qassem Suleimani and Deputy chief of PMU Abu Mahdi AlMuhandes were in the convoy hit by the U.S. airstrike near Baghdad airport Iraq.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<p>The first drone attack on Monday also occurred on the same day that Iran\u2019s President Ebrahim Raisi spoke about Soleimani\u2019s death. Raisi claimed Trump must be put on trial for the general\u2019s death.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Text__text___3eVx1j Text__dark-grey___AS2I_p Text__regular___Bh17t- Text__large___1i0u1F Body__base___25kqPt Body__large_body___3g04wK ArticleBody__element___3UrnEs\" data-testid=\"paragraph-2\">\u201cIf Trump and (former secretary of state Mike) Pompeo are not tried in a fair court for the criminal act of assassinating General Soleimani, Muslims will take our martyr\u2019s revenge,\u201d Raisi said in the speech, according to&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/world\/middle-east\/iran-vows-revenge-soleimani-killing-if-trump-not-put-trial-2022-01-03\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Reuters<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Text__text___3eVx1j Text__dark-grey___AS2I_p Text__regular___Bh17t- Text__large___1i0u1F Body__base___25kqPt Body__large_body___3g04wK ArticleBody__element___3UrnEs\" data-testid=\"paragraph-3\">\u201cThe aggressor, murderer and main culprit \u2013 the then president of the United States \u2013 must be tried and judged under the (Islamic) law of retribution, and God\u2019s ruling must be carried out against him,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n<p>The Daily Wire is one of America\u2019s fastest-growing conservative media companies and counter-cultural outlets for news, opinion, and entertainment. Get inside access to The Daily Wire by becoming a&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/subscribe\">member<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A Katyusha rocket struck a military base in Iraq where U.S. troops were stationed at Baghdad\u2019s international airport on Wednesday, according to a statement from the Iraqi military. No injuries or casualties were reported. \u201cU.S. Army Colonel Wayne Marotto, spokesman for the U.S.-led international military coalition, tweeted that initial reports suggested the attack took place &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":325,"featured_media":2315279,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1190141","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1190141","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/325"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1190141"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1190141\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2315279"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1190141"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1190141"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1190141"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}