2020 Camp Taji attacks

2020 Camp Taji attacks
Part of 2019–2021 Persian Gulf crisis
Type32 Iranian 107mm (Katyusha launcher)[1](Per U.S.)
Location
TargetCombined Joint Task Force – Operation Inherent Resolve
Date11 March 2020
14 March 2020
Executed byDisputed (Kata'ib Hezbollah alleged)[2]
League of Revolutionaries[3]
CasualtiesUnited States 2 soldiers killed (11 March)
United Kingdom 1 soldier killed (11 March)
14 Coalition personnel wounded (11 March)[4]
3 Coalition personnel wounded (14 March)
2 Iraqi soldiers wounded (14 March)[1]

The 2020 Camp Taji attacks were rocket attacks that took place on 11 March and 14 March 2020, targeting Camp Taji, north of Baghdad, in Baghdad Governorate, which hosts Coalition and United States Forces in Iraq (Combined Joint Task Force – Operation Inherent Resolve). Three coalition soldiers were killed with 18 coalition soldiers being wounded.

  1. ^ a b Qassim Abdul-Zahra; Samya Kullab (14 March 2020). "Rocket Attack Near Baghdad Hits Base Housing U.S. Troops: Iraq Officials". Associated Press. Archived from the original on 16 March 2021. Retrieved 14 March 2020.
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  3. ^ Caleb Weiss; Joe Truzman (15 March 2020). "Purported new Iraqi Shia group claims attacks on Camp Taji". Long War Journal. Archived from the original on 6 November 2021. Retrieved 17 March 2020.
  4. ^ Lolita C. Baldor (12 March 2020). "Pentagon: US Strikes Iran-backed Group That Hit Iraq Base". NBC 5 Dallas-Fort Worth. Archived from the original on 18 January 2021. Retrieved 12 March 2020.