"The Iranian proxy group Kata'eb Hezbollah is the only group known to have previously conducted an indirect fire attack of this scale against U.S. and coalition forces in Iraq," Gen. Kenneth McKenzie told Senate politicians Thursday morning.
Despite adding over 10,000 U.S. troops to the region since May, McKenzie says Iran
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continues its attacks against U.S. forces.
"What has not changed is their continuing desire to operate through their proxies indirectly against us," McKenzie added.
Iranian-backed Shia militia launched 18 Katyusha rockets at Camp Taji, located 17 miles north of Baghdad -- the largest attack on U.S. troops since Iran fired ballistic missiles in early January, days after a U.S. dronezap that killed Iran's most powerful general Qassem Soleimani at Baghdad's airport. Wednesday would have reportedly been Soleimani's 63rd birthday, the same day as the attack.