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Sun, 05/15/2011 - 09:31
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US Military Base in Iraq Hit by Rocket Attack
TEHRAN, May 15 (FNA)- A US military base in Iraq's Southern province of Qadisiyah came under rocket attack by unknown armed men Saturday morning, Iraqi sources announced.
Reports said unknown assailants attacked the US 'Echo' military base at 5:00 local time Saturday morning.
The US Army has issued no statement on the attack and declined to reveal the possible loss lives and damage to properties by the rocket attack.
Rocket attacks against the US forces in Iraq have mounted this month compared with the previous months.
In August 2010, the United States declared an end to its combat mandate in Iraq but left 50,000 of American troops in the country for what it called "advising and training" purposes.
The US forces, however, are expected to fully withdraw from the Iraqi soil by the end of 2011 despite a recent plea by US Secretary of Defense Robert Gates for the further extension of their troop's deployment in the war-torn country.
Iraqi state officials as well as religious and political figures have all condemned the US attempts for extending the mission of its troops in the country.
Senior Iraqi Shiite cleric Grand Ayatollah Kazzem al-Hosseini al-Haeri condemned the attempts made by Washington to prolong its military deployment in Iraq, and issued a Fatwa (religious decree) against the presence of the US forces in the country after the end of 2011.
"The extended mission of the infidel occupiers in Iraq even for one single day after the mentioned date (as cited in the security agreement) is haram (religiously forbidden)," the Grand Ayatollah declared in his decree.
Reports said unknown assailants attacked the US 'Echo' military base at 5:00 local time Saturday morning.
The US Army has issued no statement on the attack and declined to reveal the possible loss lives and damage to properties by the rocket attack.
Rocket attacks against the US forces in Iraq have mounted this month compared with the previous months.
In August 2010, the United States declared an end to its combat mandate in Iraq but left 50,000 of American troops in the country for what it called "advising and training" purposes.
The US forces, however, are expected to fully withdraw from the Iraqi soil by the end of 2011 despite a recent plea by US Secretary of Defense Robert Gates for the further extension of their troop's deployment in the war-torn country.
Iraqi state officials as well as religious and political figures have all condemned the US attempts for extending the mission of its troops in the country.
Senior Iraqi Shiite cleric Grand Ayatollah Kazzem al-Hosseini al-Haeri condemned the attempts made by Washington to prolong its military deployment in Iraq, and issued a Fatwa (religious decree) against the presence of the US forces in the country after the end of 2011.
"The extended mission of the infidel occupiers in Iraq even for one single day after the mentioned date (as cited in the security agreement) is haram (religiously forbidden)," the Grand Ayatollah declared in his decree.
