Four coalition troops killed in Iraq

Armed with car bombs, mortars and machine guns, insurgents launched three co-ordinated attacks in the southern Iraqi city of Karbala today, killing four coalition soldiers and injuring 25 others, a Polish commander said.

“It was a co-ordinated, massive attack planned for a big scale and intended to do much harm,” said Maj. Gen. Andrzej Tyszkiewicz, head of the Polish-led multinational force responsible for security around Karbala. He gave a news conference at his headquarters at Camp Babylon that was carried live on Polish television.