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March 16, 2020

Rockets Strike U.S. Military Base in Iraq Following U.S. Airstrikes on Iranian-Backed Militia Groups Last Week
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In Iraq, rockets struck a base housing U.S. troops Saturday, following
U.S. airstrikes on Iranian-backed militia groups last week that Iraqi
authorities say killed six people. The U.S. said the attacks last week
were in retaliation for a rocket attack that killed two U.S. soldiers
and a British Army medic two days earlier. President Barham Salih warned
such attacks from the U.S. could cause Iraq to descend into a failed
state and hand power to the Islamic State.


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