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| US troops die in new Iraq attack |
| Nine US soldiers have been killed in a suicide bomb attack on a base north of Baghdad, military officials have said
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| UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
, 24-April-2007
10:34:28 AM |
| Some 20 troops and an Iraqi civilian were injured in the attack, which happened in the volatile province of Diyala, to the north-east of Baghdad.
There has been fierce fighting in Diyala recently, pitting US and Iraqi forces against Sunni and Shia militias.
It is thought to be the worst single US loss on the ground since late 2005, when 10 marines died near Falluja.
In January 2007, 12 US soldiers died when a Black Hawk military helicopter crashed near Baghdad.
More than 3,300 US troops have been killed and some 24,300 have been injured in Iraq since the conflict began.
In Baghdad, meanwhile, two car bombs exploded on Tuesday morning near the Iranian embassy, police and witnesses said. At least four people were reported hurt in the blasts.
Two blasts in the same area on Monday left one person dead.
Rare attack
In a brief statement released early on Tuesday, the US military said a suicide car bomber attacked a patrol base near Baqouba, the capital of Diyala province, on Monday
Fifteen of the wounded soldiers were later able to return to work, the statement said.
American troops in the province come under frequent mortar and small arms attack, but a frontal assault like this on a base is rare, says the BBC's Andrew North in Baghdad.
Most are now too well defended for suicide attackers to get close. But the base that was attacked is a smaller installation and so may have been more vulnerable, our correspondent adds.
The US military also announced the death on Monday of another soldier in a separate roadside bombing in Diyala.
'Critical months'
The suicide bombing at the US base came at the end of a day of attacks across Iraq that left more than 40 people dead.
Car blasts in the town of Ramadi killed 20 people and injured many more. Three car bombs exploded in quick succession near a restaurant and market in Ramadi's western district of al-Taamim.
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