Iraq: Two rockets target Baghdad airport base housing US troops

One of the projectiles intercepted by C-RAM counter rocket: source

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File picture: An Iraqi Airways plane sits on the tarmac at Baghdad International Airport.
File picture: An Iraqi Airways plane sits on the tarmac at Baghdad International Airport.
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Baghdad: Two rockets targeted an airbase at Iraq’s Baghdad airport housing US-led coalition troops on Sunday, a security source said.

One of the projectiles was intercepted by the C-RAM counter rocket, artillery and mortar system deployed by the Americans to protect their troops in Iraq, the source added.

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