US Personnel Wounded in Suspected Rocket Attack on Iraq Base: Defense Officials

Base personnel are still conducting a post-attack damage assessment, and U.S. officials have yet to announce how many people were injured.

U.S. Soldiers during an aerial response force live-fire training exercise at Al Asad Air Base in Iraq, in a file photo dated Oct. 31, 2018. U.S. Army National Guard photo by 1st Lt. Leland White

Several United States military personnel were injured during a suspected rocket attack at Asad Airbase in western Iraq on August 5, according to the U.S. Department of Defense (DOD).

A DOD spokesperson told The Epoch Times, “Initial indications are that several U.S. personnel were injured. Base personnel are conducting a post-attack damage assessment.”