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Iraqi security forces seized nine rockets and a launchpad prepared to target Baghdad International Airport on Tuesday, a government spokesperson told AFP.

“Security forces foiled an attempt to target Baghdad International Airport,” said Saad Maan, spokesperson for the government’s security media cell, adding that forces confiscated “a launchpad loaded with nine rockets ready for launch in the Abu Ghraib area,” west of the Iraqi capital.

The airport complex includes a military base hosting American advisers and previously accommodating US-led coalition troops.

A little-known group calling itself Saraya Awliyaa al-Dam (Guardians of Blood), which claims affiliation with the Islamic Resistance in Iraq, said on Monday it was responsible for drone attacks targeting the airport.

AFP