This viral video purportedly shows a logistic #US military convoy, including 2 fuel tankers and a cargo truck carrying a Hummer, on fire in Al Diwaniyah city in #Iraq. There has been no word on possible casualties. pic.twitter.com/r2Gy3QdUvD— Habib Abdolhossein (@HAbdolhossein) July 11, 2020
Jerusalem Post: Gunmen target US military equipment in Iraq - report
Sources in the Iraqi Ministry of Interior told Al-Araby that, while it's still to early to discuss who may have been behind the attack, it seems to have been one of the militias.
Gunmen attacked and torched three large trucks carrying equipment and logistical materials for US forces in Iraq, south of Baghdad, on Saturday, according to Al-Araby Al-Jadeed.
The trucks were traveling from Basra when they were targeted between Diwaniya and Samawah. Gunmen forced the drivers to exit the vehicles and then set them on fire, according to the report.
The Iraqi Al-Sumaria news quoted Iraqi security sources as saying that trucks carrying vehicles on the Diwaniyah highway in southern Iraq were intercepted by an armed group and set on fire. The trucks were heading to "one of the American bases," according to Al-Araby.
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Update #1: ‘US military supply convoy’ attacked & torched in Iraq (VIDEO) (RT)
Update #2: Militants Attack Supply Convoy On Its Way to US Base in Iraq - Security Source (Sputnik)
WNU Editor: The contractors driving these trucks were Iraqis. These convoys are usually manned and run by local contractors and not US Forces. It looks like they will now need security.
