U.S. base under rocket attack in Diwaniya

DIWANIYA / IraqiNews.com: Three Katyusha rockets  have targeted a U.S. Army camp in southern Iraq’s Diwaniya city on Sunday, and one of them fell on a citizen’s house, a security source said. “Two Katyusha rockets fell on Sunday night on the U.S. Echo camp, 3 km to the west of Diwaniya, but losses were not known,” the source told IraqiNews.com news agency. He said the third rocket fell on a citizen’s house in central Diwaniya, close to the Political Prisoners Institution, causing damage, whilst security bodies and fire-extinguishing vehicles headed towards the venue of the attack, but failed to give further details. Eyewitnesses told IraqiNews.com that American Army patrols, Iraqi Army and Police, roamed Diwaniya streets, whilst jet fighters flew over head.  Diwaniya is 180 km to the south of Baghdad.   SKH (TS)/SR   1131