Iraqi Interior Ministry official told Elhora News how Iran uses civilian trucks to conceal missiles at homeless sites in capital Baghdad • Target according to source: Israeli injury prevention • Number of fatalities in protest in the country is approaching five hundred

• Iraqi Shiite militias launch missile // Photo: AP

Iran uses civilian trucks and human-bombed sites in the Iraqi capital to prevent long-range missiles from being delivered to Shiite militias in the country, the Arabic-language television channel Alhura revealed yesterday.

The report appeared on the United States television network coming from a series of senior citations in the Iraqi Interior Ministry. According to the source, Haji Hamid, aide to Kassim Suleimani, commander of the Quds Force of the Revolutionary Guards, ordered the Shiite militants of the "Hiballah Battalions" to empty their missile warehouses that Tehran gave them for fear of air strikes.

According to the source, the missiles loaded onto containers and then onto trucks. The trucks were stationed at crowded points in the capital of Baghdad, including major squares and in the green zone, the Iraqi government district, and were frequently moved to prevent identification.

The network also reported that, according to the source, Iran sent additional missiles to Hezbollah regiments while shipping the missile repository with the explicit instruction to keep them deployed to US bases in Iraq and across the Middle East if needed.

Last month, the US New York Times reported that Iran has long been exploiting Iraq's political chaos to deliver large numbers of ballistic missiles to its loyalist Shiite militias in order to increase its own missile range and prevent direct missile attacks to her.

Killed in a US-based missile attack

A U.S. contractor was killed and Iraqi and American soldiers were hit last night during a 30-missile bombing on a U.S. Army base in Kirkuk city in Iraq. US officials have been cited in the Associated Press report. The Pentagon has confirmed the numerous reports that flowed during the night. At this stage, the number of injured or their medical condition is unknown.

According to various reports, the missile struck an Iraqi base in the northern city, which hosted U.S. coalition forces around 7 p.m. If a pro-Iranian Shiite militia is behind the action, there will be great pressure in the United States to respond.

According to an American researcher quoted in the media, the attack may mean that pro-Iranian forces are not at all deterred by injuring American soldiers or the threat of a US operation in the country.

The American response, it is estimated, may be fortification of the bases, in addition to the assault against the groups behind the contractor's killing. According to an official statement in the United States, Iraqi security forces will lead the response and investigation of the incident. It was also announced that further information would be released later to collect the findings.