Rockets hit Baghdad airport compound; no casualties

At least three rockets landed in theBaghdadInternational Airport compound and near an adjacent USairbase, damaging one disused civilian aeroplane, Iraqi police sources said.

The police sources did not report any other damage or any injuries. The damaged aircraft was an out of use Iraqi airways plane, they said.

The USairbase, known as Camp Victory, is located around the perimeter ofBaghdad's civilian airport.

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Rocket attacks which USand some Iraqi officials blame on Iran-aligned militia groups who oppose the USmilitary presence in the region have regularly hit the complex in recent years.