Al Anbar, Iraq – The US Department of Defense confirmed a US civilian contractor died after suffering a heart attack while sheltering. No other deaths or injuries were confirmed.
Last month, a rocket attack in northern Iraq killed a Filipino contractor and injured a US service member.
The US blamed Iran-backed Shia militias and carried out retaliatory air strikes on one of their facilities in Syria.
President Joe Biden said those strikes – the first known use of military force by his administration – were meant as a warning to Iran and its proxies.
But Iraq’s paramilitary Popular Mobilisation force, which is dominated by Shia militias, said the US action pointed to “dangerous future developments”.
Pope Francis said his planned visit to Iraq on Friday would go ahead despite the latest violence.
US troops are stationed at Al Asad air base, in western Anbar province, as part of a multinational coalition helping Iraqi security forces combat remnants of the jihadist group Islamic State (IS).
Coalition spokesman Col Wayne Marotto said 10 indirect-fire rockets targeted the facility at 07:20 local time (04:20 GMT) on Wednesday.
Iraqi security sources said the projectiles were launched from a platform in the al-Baghdadi area, about 8km (5 miles) to the north-east. AFP news agency cited a Western security source as identifying them as Iranian-made 122mm Arash artillery rockets.
A statement from the Department of Defense said they do not have a complete picture of the extent of the damage.
“We stand by as needed to assist our Iraqi partners as they investigate,” it said. “We extend our condolences to the loved ones of the individual who died.”
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