Rocket targeting base with US troops 'may have contained mustard agent'

A rocket that landed on a military base in northern Iraq where hundreds of US troops are working with Iraqi counterparts may have contained a mustard agent, a military source has said.

Rocket targeting base with US troops 'may have contained mustard agent'

A rocket that landed on a military base in northern Iraq where hundreds of US troops are working with Iraqi counterparts may have contained a mustard agent, a military source has said.

No one was hurt and US officials are still testing a residue found on a metal fragment from the rocket.

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