2 US Soldiers Killed, 38 Injured in Attack on Camp Victory, 7 Iraqis Killed in Other Attacks, an Initial October 11, 2007 Report

12 mortar rounds hit U.S. base in western Baghdad

Baghdad - Voices of Iraq Thursday , 11 /10 /2007 Time 2:14:57

Baghdad, Oct 11, (VOI) -

(Iraqi) gunmen fired 12 mortar shells into the U.S. base in western Baghdad, a police source said on Thursday.

"On Wednesday night, unknown armed men attacked the U.S. base in al-Baya'a neighborhood in western Baghdad," the source, who requested anonymity, told the independent news agency Voices of Iraq (VOI), noting that 12 mortar rounds hit the base.

"U.S. forces immediately sealed off the area and choppers were seen hovering over the region to discover the location of the attackers," he added. The source provided no further details. No word was immediately available from the U.S. army on the incident.

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AP Headline: 2 coalition force troops killed in Iraq

By KIM CURTIS Associated Press Writer

Oct 11, 2007, 5:14 AM EDT

BAGHDAD (AP) --

Two members of the U.S.-led coalition force were killed and 40 others were wounded in an attack at Camp Victory, a sprawling base near Baghdad's airport that houses the headquarters of U.S. forces in Iraq, the military said Thursday.

Those wounded in the rocket or mortar attack included two "third country nationals," meaning they were neither American nor Iraqis. Most troops stationed at Camp Victory are American but other coalition soldiers are based there. No further details on the attack were immediately released.

Camp Victory and other U.S. bases in Iraq have frequently come under fire, but attacks with such a large number of casualties are rare.

On Sept. 11, one person was killed and 11 were wounded in a rocket attack. The U.S. military said a 240 mm rocket provided to Shiite extremists by Iran was used in that attack. The U.S.-protected Green Zone, which houses the American and British embassies and the Iraqi government headquarters, is far more vulnerable as it is situated in central Baghdad.

In other Thursday war attacks, clashes between suspected al-Qaida gunmen and police at checkpoints near Ba'aqouba left at least one officer dead and two others wounded, according to a police official who asked for anonymity because he was not authorized to release the information.

The pre-dawn attacks lasted about three hours and occurred at two checkpoints in Abbara, north of Ba'aqouba, which is about 35 miles northeast of Baghdad, according to police. One gunman was killed and several others fled, police said.

Gunmen also killed five Iraqi civilians and wounded four others in a morning attack on a minibus making its way from Khalis to Kirkuk, police said. Khalis is about 50 miles north of Baghdad.

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Associated Press writers Qassim Abdul-Zahra, Sameer N. Yacoub and Hamid Ahmed contributed to this report.

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