Iraq’s PMF: Rocket That Hit our Forces Launched by US-Led Coalition Aircraft

Iraq’s volunteer forces fighting along with the army against Takfiri terrorists said on Friday that a rocket hit a gathering of its commanders in Tal Afar airbase on Thursday, stressing that the attack was launched by an aircraft and not by the Takfiri insurgents.


In a statement, the Popular Mobilization Forces said a gathering of its forces’ commanders in Tal Afar airbase was subjected to a rocket attack on Thursday afternoon.

The PMF said that several fighters were injured in the attack which took place shortly after Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi left the meeting.

“An investigation committee was formed,” the statement said stressing that the rocket was not launched by Takfiri terrorists but by an aircraft.

“During the meeting, US-led coalition planes were operating in the skies over Tal Afar airbase,” the PMF said in the statement.

• In this regard, the PMF called on the coalition to clarify Thursday’s attack, noting that the US-led coalition has been, since the start of Mosaul operation, monitoring the movements of the volunteer forces.

“We will have a clear stance after completion of the investigation,” the statement concluded.
Source: Al-Manar
26/11/16
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