Militants hit Iraq base, kill 2 U.S. GIs
By BRIAN MURPHY, Associated Press Writer
BAGHDAD, Iraq - Insurgents staged a bold daylight assault against a U.S. combat post north of the capital Monday — first striking with a suicide car bombing, then firing on soldiers pinned down in a former Iraqi police station. At least two soldiers were killed and 17 wounded, the military said.
Elsewhere, three U.S. soldiers were killed and two were wounded in a roadside bombing southwest of Baghdad on Monday, the U.S. military said. The military also announced the deaths of three Marines and one soldier since Saturday while conducting combat operations in the western province of Anbar.
Altogether, nine U.S. service members have been reported killed since the beginning of the weekend, six of them on Monday.
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Charles McCord reading the news during the 5:30 early edition of the Imus program with video of the damaged US outpost. One of the suicide bombers was the driver of a fuel truck and the main building was close to being totally destroyed. AQ is claiming responsibility.
Shades of the attack on the Marine Barracks in Beirut.