US base near Baghdad Airport attacked

Insurgents fired at least eight mortar rounds at a US base on the outskirts of Baghdad International Airport today, wounding six soldiers, two of them critically, and starting a fire that burned for well over an hour.

Guerillas hit the logistics base operated by the New Mexico National Guard in support of the 1st Calvary Division at about 8.15am local time, said Colonel Michael Formica, the commander of the division’s 2nd Brigade.