Tag: #Militarybase
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Attack on a US military base in Baghdad: Report
BAGHDAD: According to a report by the Fars news agency, Iraqi resistance forces said on Wednesday that rockets had been fired at the military compound of the US embassy in Baghdad’s Green Zone. The US military closed the embassy after the rocket attacks. Danger sirens sounded after the rocket attack. No casualties have been reported…
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Blast damages hospital near Bagram airbase in Afghanistan
Kabul, Dec 11 (AFP/APP): A bomb exploded close to the largest US military base in Afghanistan on Wednesday, injuring at least five people and damaging a hospital that was under construction near the entrance to Bagram Airfield, officials said. The attack — which has not yet been claimed — comes as Washington resumed talks with…
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Fresh attack pushes Mali army death toll to 51
Bamako, Nov 4 (AFP/APP): A day after dozens of Malian soldiers died in a devastating militant raid on a military base, a roadside bomb killed two more troops in the violence-wracked West African country, the army said Sunday. Six soldiers were also injured in the latest in a string of attacks underscoring the fragility of…
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Soldier kills eight in gun attack at Siberian army base
Moscow, Oct 25 (AFP/APP): A Russian soldier on Friday opened fire on fellow troops at a Siberian military base, killing eight and wounding another two, officials said, blaming the attack on a possible “nervous breakdown”. “The serviceman who opened fire has been detained,” the ministry said in a statement, quoted by Russian news agencies. The…