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US personnel suffer minor injuries in Iraq base attack: U.S. official
U.S. personnel suffered minor injuries and a member of Iraq's security forces was wounded in an attack on Iraq's Ain al-Asad air base on Saturday, a U.S. official said on Saturday, speaking on condition of anonymity. The U.S. military's Central Command said in a statement that the base was hit by multiple ballistic missiles and rockets fired by Iranian-backed militants from inside Iraq. The statement did not confirm the extent of any U.S. injuries but said personnel were being evaluated for traumatic brain injury. The U.S. military's assessment was more severe than initial accounts from security sources in Iraq, who, ... (full story)