Foreign Oil Firms Targeted in Iraq Rocket Attack

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A rocket was fired on Wednesday at a business compound in Iraq’s Basrah province that houses foreign oil firms, including Exxon Mobil and Halliburton, according to several Iraqi sources, in what appears to be the fourth rocket attack on US targets within the past week. The latest attack injured three Iraqi oil workers at the Burjesia base, local media reported, and comes amid soaring tensions between the US and Iran, which Washington has squarely blamed for last week’s attacks on two oil tankers near the Strait of Hormuz.