A rocket attack targeting the American-led military coalition in the northern Iraqi city of Erbil killed a civilian contractor and wounded nine others on Monday night, according to a coalition spokesman.
More than a dozen rockets were fired toward the Erbil International Airport in Iraq’s semi-autonomous Kurdish region, with three directly hitting a military base housing foreign troops at the airport. The civilian contractor who was killed was not American, while eight other civilian contractors and one American service member were injured, according to U.S. Army Col. Wayne Marotto, spokesman for Operation Inherent Resolve, the American-led international military intervention against ISIS in Iraq and Syria.
The Netherlands condemns the missile attack on Erbil last night. We mourn the death of a civilian contractor and the injured civilians and military, including several members of the coalition. We offer our condolences and sympathize with the relatives and friends of the victims. pic.twitter.com/JHZWD7G034
— Netherlands in Kurdistan Region (@nlinkri) February 16, 2021
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Source: ABC News//Netherlands in Kurdistan Region/Twitter
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