The recent salvos began with reports of a rocket attack near Baghdad airport on June 8. Then came a June 10 rocket attack near the Green Zone. On June 13, a 107mm katyusha rocket was fired at Camp Taji, where US forces are located. It was fired from near the base. The next night on June 14 more rockets were fired and a Bongo truck was found. This is the same model truck that Kataib Hezbollah has often used to mount the tubes necessary for firing the rockets.
The truck had configuration of rocket tubes arranges in ranks of five and four rows. This is similar to the incident in March where up to 18 rockets were fired, killing three members of the coalition. To conduct a rocket firing like this requires expertise and practice. The rockets must be positioned correctly and there is likely some kind of delay or system used as the perpetrators escape, leaving the rockets and trucks. In the June 14 case, a total of 16 unused rockets, in their tubes, were found.
This is also typical. The Iranian-backed groups often leave rockets behind as a message. It is not likely incompetence. The Kataib Hezbollah cadres are versed in rockets: They know this system and have been trained on it. They are likely “rocket men,” specially trained units with orders from the highest levels to target key US facilities. -Full Report
