---
title: "Multiple US troops hurt in attack in western Iraq"
description: "An unspecified number of U.S. personnel were injured in a suspected rocket attack on Al Asad Air Base in Iraq on Monday, a defense spokesperson told Task & Purpose."
date: "2024-08-05"
modified: "2024-08-05"
authors:
  - name: "Jeff Schogol"
    job_title: "Senior Pentagon Reporter"
    link: "https://taskandpurpose.com/authors/jeff-schogol/"
url: "https://taskandpurpose.com/news/us-military-iraq-rocket-attack/"
categories:
  - "News"
tags:
  - "adsafety"
  - "hamas"
  - "iran"
  - "israel"
  - "Terrorism"
  - "war"
---

# Multiple US troops hurt in attack in western Iraq

![Al Asad Air Base](<https://taskandpurpose.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/26/Al-Asad-Air-Base.jpg>)
*Airmen conduct a routine flight line patrol at Al Asad Air Base, Iraq on July 4, 2021.  Army National Guard photo by Sgt. 1st Class Christie Smith.*

An unspecified number of U.S. personnel were injured in a suspected rocket attack on Al Asad Air Base in Iraq on Monday, a defense spokesperson told Task & Purpose.

"Initial indications are that several U.S. personnel were injured,” the spokesperson said in a statement. “Base personnel are conducting a post-attack damage assessment. We will provide updates as more information becomes available.”

No information was immediately available about how many Americans were wounded or the severity of their injuries.

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This is the latest attack against American forces in the Middle East. Iranian-backed militia groups have fired mortars and launched drones and missiles against U.S. troops in the region since Hamas’ Oct. 7 terror attack on Israel. [Three Army Reserve soldiers were killed](<https://taskandpurpose.com/news/baghdad-general-tower-22-attack/>) in a Jan. 28 drone attack against a U.S. base in Jordan.

[July saw the most attacks](<https://taskandpurpose.com/news/us-military-iraq-syria-attacks/>) against U.S. bases in the region in months. On July 30, the [U.S. military launched a defense airstrike](<https://taskandpurpose.com/news/us-military-iraq-airstrike/>) against militants who were preparing to launch a drone. It was the first U.S. airstrike in the country [since February.](<https://taskandpurpose.com/news/us-drone-strike-iraq-kataib-commander/>)

Tensions in the Middle East have been especially high in the past week. Israel is bracing for an attack by Iran and its proxies after the July 30 Israeli airstrike [killed Fuad Shukr,](<https://x.com/IDF/status/1818397182602707308>) a senior Hezbollah commander who “played a central role” in the Oct. 23,1983 [attack on U.S. Marines in Beirut ](<https://taskandpurpose.com/news/marine-veterans-hezbollah-leader/>)that killed 241 American troops, and the subsequent assassination of [Hamas’ political leader Ismail Haniyeh ](<https://www.reuters.com/world/middle-east/hamas-chief-ismail-haniyeh-killed-iran-hamas-says-statement-2024-07-31/>)in Tehran. Israeli officials have not commented publicly on Haniyeh’s death.

*This is a breaking news story. It will be updated as more information becomes available.*

## Author
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