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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.
One of many mortar attacks on Camp Taji on May 22, 2004. On April 24, 2004, Camp Taji came under rocket attack, resulting in 4 killed in action, all members of the 39th Support Battalion, an element of the 39th Brigade Combat Team. [8] April 24 was the highest single day casualty total for Arkansas soldiers since the Korean War. [citation needed]
The anti-ISIL coalition transferred control of Besmaya Camp to Iraqi forces on 25 July 2020. The base was largely used by Spanish forces to train Iraqi troops and was the seventh military installation handed over to the Iraqi government in 2020. [36] On 23 August, U.S. troops withdrew from Taji Base and handed it over to Iraqi security forces. [37]
The modern Middle East has seen a number of occasions in which the assassination of high-level government and military figures was attempted, or at least considered. Such instances include United States decapitation strike air raids targeting Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi in 1986 and Iraqi leader Saddam Hussein in 1991, 1998, and 2003, in addition to killings or attempted killings of non-state ...
2020 Camp Taji attacks - Three soldiers - two American and one British - were killed when a missile hit a military base in Baghdad. [1] 28 August Al-Maamel, Al- Husayniyah district 2 17 At least 2 people were killed and another 17 were injured in Al-Maamel, Al- Husayniyah district. [2] 30 August Al-Haytawin, Diyala Governorate: 1 2
The strike was the largest ballistic missile attack ever against U.S. forces ... 2021 Erbil rocket attacks; 2020 Camp Taji attacks; Withdrawal of United States troops ...
Tasked to conduct escort, armed reconnaissance patrols, and counter-IED and counter-mortar operations, the two helicopters left Camp Taji at 9:24 a.m. They arrived on station in New Baghdad at 9:53 a.m., where sporadic attacks on coalition forces continued. [22]
March 9, 2009 – Pakistani, name unknown, was killed by Katyusha rocket fire in Basra. He was working as a private contractor at Basra International Airport. [111] March 26, 2009 – Hungarian, Tibor Bogdan was killed by U.S. soldier near Camp Taji, north of Baghdad [112] May 15, 2009 – Briton, name unknown, was killed by a roadside bomb in ...