35 soldiers injured in Iraq mortar attack
Thirty-five US soldiers were injured yesterday in a mortar attack on a military base west of the Iraqi capital, Baghdad.
Six mortar rounds shook the Logistical Base Seitz at about 18:45pm local time (15:45 GMT), military officials reported.
The injured were mostly from the US Army’s Third Corps Support Command but several soldiers from the 541st Maintenance Battalion were also injured.
In a statement the officials said: “The wounded soldiers were given first aid and have been evacuated from the site for further medical treatment.”
In total, 345 US service personnel have been killed in Iraq since May 1st when George W. Bush said the war was effectively over.
The compound is situated in the so-called Sunni triangle, where there has been much resistance to the US-led occupation of Iraq.
