3 US Soldiers Killed Inside Base in Basra by Rocket Fire

3 U.S. soldiers killed in Basra

July 17, 2009 - 02:11:08

BAGHDAD / Aswat al-Iraq:

Three U.S. soldiers were killed after the operations base in Basra came under indirect fire on Thursday (July 16), upping U.S. deaths during the past few days to five, the U.S. army in Iraq said on Friday.

“Three Multi-National Force-South (MNF-S) Soldiers were killed when the Emergency Operations Base in Basra came under indirect fire July 16,” according to a U.S. army release as received by Aswat al-Iraq news agency.

The statement did not give further details.

An official security source in Basra police had told Aswat al-Iraq that an attack with four Katyusha rockets targeted an MNF military base at the Basra International Airport, leaving three soldiers wounded.

The oil-rich port city of Basra lies 590 km south of the Iraqi capital Baghdad.

The reported deaths bring to five the number of U.S. soldiers killed this month after withdrawing from the Iraqi cities, two of them reportedly killed in non-combat related incidents, and to 4,326 the number killed in Iraq since the U.S.-led invasion in March 2003, including 106 in 2009.

AmR (S)

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