Posted on 05/23/2005 1:06:14 PM PDT by Axhandle
Three suicide bombers tried to attack an American military base in the Iraqi of Samarra today and wounded three US soldiers, the military said.
Two suicide bombers detonated their car bombs outside a US base in Samarra, 60 miles north of Baghdad, Major Richard Goldenberg said.
Three Task Force Liberty soldiers sustained non life-threatening wounds, Goldenberg added.
A third militant approached the scene wearing an explosives-packed vest and was shot by soldiers but still managed to set off his bomb, killing himself but causing no other injuries or damage, Goldenberg said.
US and Iraqi security forces quickly cordoned off the area, blocking all vehicle and pedestrian traffic out of apparent fear that further terrorist attacks could be launched against the base.
On Sunday, a suicide bomber injured four Iraqi civilians in an attack in a neighbourhood of Mosul, 225 miles northwest of Baghdad, the US military said.
Sounds like a case of premature detonation.
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