A Spanish base in south-central Iraq came under mortar fire twice overnight but suffered no casualties or damage, a multinational force spokesman said Wednesday.
Coalition forces were unable to find the attackers, who fired several mortar rounds at the Najaf base of the Spanish-led Plus Ultra brigade, which also includes troops from El Salvador, Dominican Republic and Honduras.
The radical Shiite cleric Muqtada al-Sadr, who has waged an insurgency against the U.S.-led occupation in the area around Najaf with his large militia, has announced he won’t attack troops from countries planning to withdraw and it wasn’t clear who staged the attack. |