Tens of thousands of civilians, security force members and some 2,400 U.S. military Online Cigarettes Store USA personnel have died in fighting since 2001, when a hardline Taliban regime was toppled by the U.S.-led invasion. Four members of Iraq's military were wounded Sunday in a rocket attack targeting an air base just north of Baghdad where American trainers were present until recently, Iraqi security officials said.
The attack by at least six rockets came just days after Iran fired ballistic missiles Newport Cigarettes Shop at two bases in Iraq that house U.S. forces, causing no casualties.
There are no Americans currently at Balad air base and there were none during the the attack, according to a coalition spokesperson. The base had hosted American trainers, advisers and a company that provides maintenance services for F-16 aircraft, according to an Iraqi defense official who spoke on condition of anonymity in line with regulations.
Recent heightened tensions between the U.S. and Iran were sparked last month when a rocket Cheap Newport 100s cigarettes attack killed an American contractor at a base in Iraq. The U.S. has blamed that attack and others on Iran-backed militias.
U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said in a tweet Sunday that he was“outraged” by the attacks.