Release A050520e
Rocket attack on Abu Ghraib injures 5 detainees
FOB ABU GHRAIB, Iraq – Five detainees were injured in a rocket attack on Forward Operating Base Abu Ghraib Internment Facility May 20.
Three of the five were seriously injured.
The attack occurred at approximately 10:15 a.m.
The rocket landed in one of the detainee compounds at the internment facility. U.S. forces quickly responded to defend the facility and safeguard the detainees. The injured were immediately taken to the 115th Field Hospital to receive medical care.
No Coalition Forces were injured in the incident.
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TEXT PROVIDED BY THE INFORMATION OPERATIONS OFFICER FOR TASK FORCE 134 (DETAINEE OPERATIONS). For more information, contact MAJ ROLAND MIRACO AT ROLAND.MIRACO@IRAQ.CENTCOM.MIL
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