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#BREAKING 10 rockets hit Iraq base hosting US troops: security sources

#UPDATES At least 10 rockets hit Ain al-Assad military airport in western Iraq hosting US-led coalition troops, two days before Pope Francis's historic visit to the country
No details on any casualties given

The attack on the sprawling Ain al-Assad base in Iraq's western desert is the fourth time in less than three weeks that rockets hit a Western installation in the country u.afp.com/UpFQ

#BREAKING Civilian contractor dead in Iraq rocket attack: security sources

#UPDATES A civilian contractor with the US-led coalition in Iraq died of a heart attack during a rocket attack on the sprawling Ain al-Assad air base, Iraqi and Western security sources say