The US-led coalition has confirmed that rockets fell near two Iraqi army bases in Baghdad and Balad, used by the US troops, on Saturday. No US military casualties have resulted from the shelling, it said.
"The night of Jan. 4, two rocket attacks occurred near Iraqi bases that host Coalition troops in Baghdad and Balad, a total of 13 attacks in the past two months," a statement attributed to coalition spokesman Colonel Myles B. Caggins III, said Saturday.
The attacks took place within a short span of four minutes on Saturday evening local time, Caggins reported, saying that the first of the two attacks targeted the heavily-fortified Green Zone that hosts a number of diplomatic and military facilities, including that housing US troops.
Noting that no US military were injured in the shelling, the spokesman said that it might have “potentially” led to casualties amongst civilian population.
“At 7:46 p.m. the International Zone took indirect fire that landed outside of Coalition facilities and potentially harmed Iraqi civilians,” the statement read.
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US-led coalition confirms rocket attacks near Iraqi bases housing US troops, says no servicemen hurt
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