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L: Rockets fired on Dec 27 targeting the K1 military air base in northern #Iraq, leaving a U.S. civilian contractor dead.

R: Rockets obtained by Israel in 2009 en route to Hezbollah.

Credit: @JulianRoepcke

My take:
#Iran-backed militias were behind last night's attack.
@JulianRoepcke Left image: Rocket launcher used on Dec 27 targeting the K1 military air base in northern #Iraq, leaving a U.S. civilian contractor dead, four soldiers wounded.

Right images: Rocket launcher used in the Dec 3 attack on the Ain Al-Assad air base in western Iraq.
@JulianRoepcke More proof of #Iran's role in the recent rocket attack targeting the K1 military base in northern #Iraq that left one American civilian contractor dead & four soldiers wounded.

Credit: @sfrantzman
@JulianRoepcke @sfrantzman More images of the rocket launchers used in the Dec 27 attack on the K1 military base in northern #Iraq.
@JulianRoepcke @sfrantzman .@alsharqiyatv posts a video & reporting it as the Dec 27 107mm Katyusha rocket attack targeting the K-1 military base near Kirkuk, northern #Iraq.
@JulianRoepcke @sfrantzman @alsharqiyatv Quoting @sfrantzman:
"... rockets from the same 2016 production line were found in fighting in Syria in 2017 and 2018; lower lot number though."
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