U.S. says Iranian rocket used in attack on Camp Victory, but provides no proof

Above: A blast bunker at Camp Victory, which includes the headquarters for the Multinational Corps-Iraq.

General says rocket linked to Iran used in deadly attack on major U.S. base

A fatal attack launched two days ago against the headquarters garrison of the American military in Iraq was carried out using a 240 mm rocket - a type of weapon provided to Shiite extremists by Iran, a U.S. general said Thursday...

Camp Victory, a huge area located near Baghdad International Airport, has occasionally come under fire but attacks with such a large number of casualties and with such sophisticated weapons are rare.

An attack against the very nerve centre of the American military mission carries a huge psychological message that no location is safe.

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Iran rocket used in attack on key Iraq base: U.S.

The U.S. military said on Thursday an Iranian-made rocket was believed to have been used in an attack that killed one person on the headquarters of the American military in Iraq this week.

Military spokesman Major-General Kevin Bergner said it appeared followers of the anti-American Shi'ite cleric Moqtada al-Sadr were responsible for the attack on Tuesday.

"The attack used a 240 mm rocket, which is a weapon that these groups have received from Iranian sources in the past and recently used in other attacks against coalition forces," Bergner said at a news conference...

He said the attack was launched from a district in western Baghdad controlled by Sadr's Mehdi Army militia.

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US points finger at Iran for Iraq base attack

A US general in Iraq on Thursday pointed the finger of blame at Shiite militiamen using what he said was an Iranian-supplied rocket for a fatal attack two days ago on a military base near Baghdad.

Major General Kevin Bergner said the rocket was launched from the Rasheed area of west Baghdad which he said was a stronghold of the Mahdi Army militia of firebrand Shiite cleric Moqtada al-Sadr...

Bergner, spokesman for US forces in Iraq, told a press conference the rocket was similar to those supplied in the past by "Iranian sources" to Mahdi Army fighters.

He acknowledged however that there was no direct evidence to prove that Mahdi Army fighters were behind Tuesday's attack nor that the weapon had definitely been supplied by Iranian forces.

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