Iran Likely Launched Attack That Killed Americans in Iraq, Says General

U.S. soldiers with the 3rd Armored Cavalry Regiment patrol a new ditch they have dug to protect the base from attack in Iskandariya, Babil Province, Iraq, on July 19, 2011. Spencer Platt/Getty Images

The top U.S. general overseeing the Middle East said on March 12 that an Iran-backed terror group was likely responsible for the rocket attack that killed U.S. troops in Iraq a day earlier.

“Yesterday, hostile forces, most likely Shia militia groups, launched more than a dozen rockets at U.S. and coalition forces at Camp Taji in Iraq, killing two U.S. and one British service member, as well as wounding several more,” U.S. Central Command commander Gen. Frank McKenzie said during a Senate Armed Services Committee hearing.