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<p>Iraq unleashes a deadly attack on the United States, killing contractor</p>
<p><strong><a href="https://openlife.ng/">OpenLife Nigeria</a> </strong>reports that <strong>Iraq</strong> unleashes an attack on the United States of America and a contractor has been reportedly killed.<br />
According to information gathered, a rocket attack on U.S.-led forces in northern Iraq on Monday killed a civilian contractor and injured a U.S. service member, the U.S. coalition in Iraq said, in the deadliest such attack in almost a year.<br />
The barrage of rockets hit in and near a military air base occupied by the U.S.-led coalition at Erbil International Airport. Two U.S. officials said the contractor who was killed was not American. The coalition said five other contractors were hurt, without elaborating.<br />
As Iraq unleashes attack on the US, this particular attack, claimed by a little-known group that some Iraqi officials say has links with Iran, raises tension in the Middle East while Washington and Tehran explore a potential return to the Iran nuclear deal.<br />
Armed groups aligned with Iran in Iraq and Yemen have launched attacks against the United States and its Arab allies in recent weeks, including a drone attack on a Saudi airport and rockets against the U.S. embassy in Baghdad.<br />
Most of the incidents have caused no casualties, but have kept up pressure on U.S. troops and U.S. allies in the region in the early days of Joe Biden&#8217;s presidency.<br />
Biden&#8217;s administration is weighing a return to the Iran nuclear deal, which his predecessor Donald Trump abandoned in 2018, that aimed to curb Iran&#8217;s nuclear programme.<br />
U.S. allies such as France have said any new negotiations should be strict and should include Saudi Arabia, Iran&#8217;s main regional foe. Iran insists it will only return to compliance with the 2015 deal if Washington lifts crippling sanctions.<br />
Meanwhile, OpenLife Nigeria learned that the U.S.-Iran tension has often played out on Iraqi soil.<br />
A U.S drone strike that killed Iran&#8217;s military mastermind Qassem Soleimani in Baghdad in January 2020 sent the region to the brink of a full-scale confrontation.<br />
A rocket attack on a base in northern Iraq in March last year killed one British and two American personnel.<br />
Monday&#8217;s rocket attack in Erbil, the capital of the Kurdish autonomous region in Iraq, was the deadliest against coalition forces since then.<br />
Kurdish security sources said three rockets hit around the airport and at least another two landed nearby. Reuters reporters heard several loud explosions and saw a fire break out near the airport.<br />
U.S troops occupy a military base adjacent to the civilian airport. A third U.S. official, speaking on condition of anonymity, said the U.S. service member&#8217;s injury was a concussion.<br />
A group calling itself Saraya Awliya al-Dam claimed responsibility for the attack on the U.S.-led base, saying it targeted the &#8220;American occupation&#8221; in Iraq. It provided no evidence for its claim.<br />
United States Secretary of State Antony Blinken said late Monday the United States was &#8220;outraged&#8221; by the attack.<br />
In a statement, Blinken said he had reached out to Kurdistan Regional Government Prime Minister Masrour Barzani &#8220;to discuss the incident and to pledge our support for all efforts to investigate and hold accountable those responsible.&#8221;<br />
Groups that some Iraqi officials say have links with Iran have claimed a series of rocket and roadside bomb attacks against coalition forces, contractors working for the coalition and U.S. installations &#8211; including the embassy in Baghdad &#8211; in recent months.<br />
Iraq&#8217;s government under Prime Minister Mustafa al-Kadhimi has sided with the United States against Iran-aligned militias but has struggled to bring the powerful paramilitary groups under control.</p>

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