Three Katyusha rockets land near Baghdad’s airport
The Iraqi military said no one was injured or killed in the attack near Baghdad's airport late Monday.
Three Katyusha rockets landed near Baghdad's airport late Monday, according to the Iraqi military, in the latest in a flurry of similar attacks in the capital this month.
The military said Tuesday a rocket launcher was discovered in the Al-Makaseb neighborhood, southeast of the airport. No one was hurt and there were no reports of damage.
The rocket attack is one of several this month and the second to target the Baghdad International Airport. On June 8, a rocket the military said was launched from south of the airport landed without causing any casualties.
Days later, on the eve of a highly anticipated meeting between American and Iraqi officials over the future of US troops in the country, a rocket landed near the US Embassy inside Baghdad’s heavily fortified Green Zone. Then, over the weekend, Iraqi security forces thwarted a separate rocket attack Sunday near Camp Taji, a military base north of Baghdad that houses US troops.
