http://www.cnn.com/2015/01/05/politics/us-troops-under-regular-fire-iraq/U.S. troops at Iraqi base under 'regular' fire
By Barbara Starr, CNN Pentagon Correspondent
Updated 2:27 PM ET, Mon January 5, 2015
Washington (CNN)The 320 U.S. troops at Al Asad air base in Iraq are now coming under "regular" mortar and rocket fire from nearby ISIS fighters, according to Pentagon spokesman Col. Steven Warren. While the attacks are "completely ineffective," it is raising continuing concern that U.S. forces in Iraq can be kept safe and at least technically out of a combat role, a separate defense official said. The Pentagon would not say whether security measures had changed at the base.
An American soldier stands guard at the Taji base complex which hosts Iraqi and US troops and is located thirty kilometres north of the capital Baghdad on December 29, 2014.
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