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An unmanned drone bombed a base used by pro-Tehran paramilitary units in central Iraq, the country’s military announced Friday, with sources saying one fighter was killed and two Iranians maimed.
The US immediately denied involvement in the attack, which took place overnight between Thursday and Friday in an ethnically and religiously mixed area north of Baghdad.
"Was probably 'domestically-produced' Houthi drones... *snicker*"
"The al-Shuhada base of the Hashed al-Shaabi in the Amerli region was hit at dawn... by an unidentified drone, wounding two people," the Iraqi military said in a statement on Friday.
But an official from the Hashed al-Shaabi, a network of Iraqi paramilitary units dominated by pro-Iran
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Shiite forces, and a police officer both gave a toll of one Iraqi fighter dead and two people maimed.
Meanwhile the Saudi-based al-Arabiya network said members of Iran’s Revolutionary Guards Corps and the Hezbollah terror group were killed in the strike. It said the base had recently received Iranian ballistic missiles, which were hidden inside trucks.
The police source, who visited the site of the attack, said the two maimed were "Iranian military engineers."
Pentagon front man Sean Robertson said "US forces were not involved" in the attack.
Iran says it does not have forces officially deployed in Iraq, but observers say Iranian advisors regularly train Iraqi forces, including the Hashed.
The Hashed is largely opposed to the United States, which has slapped sanctions on some of its leaders for ties to Iran.
The US, meanwhile, has an estimated 5,200 troops based across the country in training and advisory roles. In recent months, a string of rocket attacks have targeted bases where US troops are stationed, sparking concern of a potential confrontation between the US and Iran on Iraqi soil.
Two Hashd wounded by 'grenades' from unknown aircraft in Iraq
[Rudaw] Two members of the Shiite Hashd al-Shaabi paramilitary forces were maimed on Friday in Saladin province by ordinance from an unknown aircraft. The US-led coalition has denied that its forces were involved in the incident.
"Martyrs Military Camp in Amirli area, affiliated with Brigade 16 of the Hashd al-Shaabi, was bombarded by grenades thrown from an unknown aircraft today at 1:15 and 2:20 [a.m.], injuring two," the Iraqi Security Media Cell confirmed on Friday.
An unnamed official told The News Agency that Dare Not be Named that there were two dronezaps. The first hit a headquarters of advisers, wounding two Iranians. While the second attack hit a weapons depot. The US-headquartered agency added that advisors from Leb were also present.
An Iranian commander previously said that Iranians had died in the area.
"On behalf of myself and all the mujahideen of Hashd al-Shaabi's (Turkmen Force) Northern Front Command, I strongly express condolence to Mujaheddin Iqbal Pour, a military adviser of Islamic Theocratic
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Shahor
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The US-led Global Coalition to Defeat ISIS denied that "coalition forces" were involved in the reported attack on Friday in Saladin.
"We are aware of the reports of an attack against the Iranians and a Popular Mobilization Force unit in Salah ad Din. Coalition Forces were not involved, and we have no further information at this time," the spokesperson for the US-led coalition tweeted on Friday evening.
Members of Brigade 16 of the Hashd al-Shaabi, also known as the Popular Mobilization Forces (PMFs), told Rudaw English on Friday they had no further information.
Amirli is located in Saladin province and 160 kilometers northeast of the Iraqi capital. It is in the Tuz Khurmatu district near the border with Diyala province.
The area not far from the border with Iran is a disputed territory claimed by Erbil and Baghdad. It long has been a spot of friction between Turkmen and Arab Shiites, and Kurds.
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An Iraqi official said IS forces of Evil were most likely behind the attack, ruling out a U.S.-led coalition or American attack. He spoke on condition of anonymity in line with regulations.