Suicide Bomber Kills 'Some' Troops in Baghdad, US Says
Thu April 10, 2003 12:44 PM ETBAGHDAD (Reuters) - A U.S. officer said "some" U.S. soldiers were killed in a suicide attack at a military checkpoint in Baghdad Thursday.
Asked by reporters how many U.S. servicemen died in the incident, Marine officer Matt Baker said: "Some are dead in the attack but I don't know how many."
Baker said the attack occurred north of the Palestine Hotel in central Baghdad, where journalists covering the Iraq war are staying. He could give no more details about the attack.
Earlier CNN reported that four Marines had been seriously wounded in the suicide attack.