Grad missiles target Iraqi army camp in Amara

MISSAN / IraqiNews.com: An armed group fired Grad missiles at an Iraqi army camp in the southern Iraq city of al-Amara on Saturday, according to the Iraqi defense ministry in a statement. “A terrorist group on Saturday (Jan. 3) fired Grad missiles from al-Tayib area at a camp of the Iraqi army’s 10th Division’s 38th Infantry Brigade in Amara,” read the statement received by IraqiNews.com news agency. The statement did not mention how many rockets were fired. “Three unfired missiles were seized and two suspected members of the group that fired the missiles were arrested,” the statement noted, adding three other missiles were seized in the arrested men’s houses. Amara, the capital city of Missan province, lies 390 km south of Baghdad. AmR (P) 1