Monday, February 19, 2007
Insurgents attack U.S. combat post
Security
(AFP) A suicide bomber has attacked a US outpost north of Baghdad, detonating an explosives-laden vehicle that killed two American soldiers and wounded 17 more. An Iraqi security official told AFP the attack was carried out against an American base in Tarmiyah, 30 kilometres (19 miles) north of the capital.
"Insurgents initiated the attack on the outpost with a suicide vehicle-borne improvised explosive device detonation," a US military statement said Monday. "The attack site has been secured and wounded soldiers have been evacuated." The deaths brought the number of US servicemen and women to have died in the Iraqi campaign since the March 2003 invasion to 3,133, according to an AFP tally based on Pentagon figures. Suicide car bombs are a hallmark of Iraq's Sunni-led insurgency and are often used in attacks on US patrols and Iraqi troops and civilians. It is rare, however, for bombers to be able to strike fixed American positions.
"Insurgents initiated the attack on the outpost with a suicide vehicle-borne improvised explosive device detonation," a US military statement said Monday. "The attack site has been secured and wounded soldiers have been evacuated." The deaths brought the number of US servicemen and women to have died in the Iraqi campaign since the March 2003 invasion to 3,133, according to an AFP tally based on Pentagon figures. Suicide car bombs are a hallmark of Iraq's Sunni-led insurgency and are often used in attacks on US patrols and Iraqi troops and civilians. It is rare, however, for bombers to be able to strike fixed American positions.
Labels: assault, insurgents, Tarmiyah, U.S. combat post
