Iraqi resistance fighters fired mortar rounds at a U.S. military camp Wednesday night, killing one soldier and wounding more than 30 others.
Six mortar rounds exploded about 6:45 p.m. at Logistical Base Seitz west of Baghdad, a U.S. military spokesman said in a statement.
"The wounded soldiers were given first aid and have been evacuated from the site for further medical treatment," the statement said. One soldier died of his wounds.
The mortars hit "a living area where they have their sleeping quarters," the spokesman was quotde as saying by The AP.
A Pentagon spokesman said that some of those wounded returned to duty shortly after the attack, while others were hospitalized.
Elsewhere in Iraq, a British soldier died in a training accident in southern Basra, bringing the toll for British troops to 53, a British military spokesman said.
In Kirkuk, a grenade hit the office of the Kurdistan Socialist Party, wounding one person and causing slight damage, police said. (Albawaba.com)
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