U.S. Army C-RAM intercepting Islamic Resistance strike with Iranian-made kamikaze UAV in Iraq at American Harir base near Erbil. pic.twitter.com/jzWL6rnjxH
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| The Times of Israel explains: |
...KABOOM!...
on a rocket launcher last night foiled an attack on Ain al-Asad airbase, which hosts US and other international forces in western Iraq, two Iraqi army sources say.
Iraqi military sources say a rocket launcher fixed on the back of a small truck had been parked in a rural area about 7 kilometers (4 miles) to the east of the base, with at least two rockets ready to be fired toward Ain al-Asad.
The US airstrike destroyed the launcher, an army official says.
US-led coalition officials are not immediately available to comment on the strike.
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