URI COHEN

02/16/2021

A civilian contractor was killed a& an American service member was injured Mon in a rocket attack launched against US forces in Iraq

The rockets which hit a military base belonging to the US-led coalition at Erbil Airport, also injured 5 civilian contractors

A Shiite militia associated with Iran claimed responsibility for the attack the largest and deadliest assault on American forces in Iraq in rmonths. US Sec of state Antony Blinken said Monday that Washington was outraged by the incident pledging his support to the local Kurdish government in control of the