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Attack on U.S. base in Iraq kills 2, wounds 38
11 Oct 2007 02:39:45 GMT
Source: Reuters
BAGHDAD, Oct 11 (Reuters) - An "indirect fire" attack on a major U.S. military base in Baghdad after dusk on Wednesday killed two coalition forces members and wounded 38, the U.S. military said on Thursday.

A Western security contractor at the Camp Victory military base had said he heard nine mortar rounds being fired and four explosions inside the perimeter. Camp Victory is the military's sprawling headquarters near Baghdad airport.
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Kirwan, an 11-year-old Kurdish boy from northern Iraq, lies in bed as he is rolled to the operating room to undergo emergency heart surgery at an Israeli hospital in Holon, near Tel Aviv October 15, 2007. Two Iraqi children arrived in Israel on Thursday for emergency heart surgery, organized by Israeli-based organization "Save A Child's Heart".



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