Six civilians injured in rocket attack on U.S. base in Diwaniya

DIWANIYA / IraqiNews.com: Six Iraqi civilians have been injured in a Katusha rocket attack on an American base west of southern Iraq ’s Diwaniya city on Wednesday, due to missing their target, a Diwaniya security source reported.   “Six Katusha rockets were launched on the U.S. Echo Base, 3 km to the west of Diwaniya, and one of the rockets missed its target, falling on al-Thawra street in the middle of the city, wounding 6 civilians and causing damage for a civilian car,” the security source told IraqiNews.com news agency.   He said the wounded persons, some of them seriously injured, were driving to a nearby hospital for treatment, whilst the losses of the American base, where 5 explosions were heard, were not known.   SKH (PT)   1356