Several rockets were fired into a Coalition force Contingency Operating Base in Basra at approximately 2:20 p.m. May 8.

Initial reports indicate two civilian contractors were killed, and four Coalition force Soldiers and four civilians were wounded.

Coalition forces engaged the enemy rocket team with counter-battery fire and an unmanned aerial vehicle identified rocket rails and a vehicle. The UAV and an aerial weapons team engaged with Hellfire missiles destroying the rails and one vehicle.

This was the first indirect fire attack causing casualties in Basra since March 27.

The security situation remains stable with 70 percent of the city secured by Iraqi Security Forces.
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