URGENT: U.S. Base under 3 Katusha rocket attack in Wassit, south Iraq

WASSIT / The U.S. Delta military base in southern Kut, the center of southern Iraq ’s Wassit Province , has come under a three Katusha rocket attack on Sunday morning,” a Wassit security source reported.   “A group of unknown gunmen have launched 3 Katusha rockets from northern Kut’s al-Shuhadaa (Martyrs) district against the U.S. Delta military base, 7 km to the west of Kut,” the security source told IraqiNews.com news agency.   “The 3 rockets fell inside the U.S. military base,” he said, adding that “Iraqi police forces had rushed to the venue, where the rockets were fired from, in an attempt to detain their launchers, but gave no further details.   The Delta base is the only place, where the American forces have stayed after handing over all other military positions to the Iraqi side, in a step to implement the Agreement on the withdrawal of the U.S. forces from Iraqi cities, whilst the Delta base would be handed over to the Iraqi forces at the time of the complete withdrawal of the U.S. forces from Iraq at the end of 2011.   Kut, the center of Wassit Province , is 180 km to the southeast of Baghdad. SKH (IT)