Taji

Rockets hit US coalition-base Camp Taji in Iraq days after British female Lance Corporal was killed

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A barrage of rockets has hit an Iraqi military base housing US-led coalition troops for the second time this week, security officials said. Three coalition service personnel – a British woman and two Americans – were killed in the first attack on Camp Taji on Wednesday. It was the deadliest attack on coalition troops in … Read more

Defence Secretary promises ‘strong response’ over attack on Camp Taji, Iraq

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The defence secretary has warned there will be a ‘strong response’ after a missile attack on Camp Taji, Iraq killed a British servicewoman.   Lance Corporal Brodie Gillon, 26, along with two American troops, was killed when 15 small rockets hit the military camp to the north of capital Baghdad on Wednesday.  A further dozen people were wounded … Read more