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US Soldier Kills 5 Fellow Soldiers in Iraq
U.S. Soldier Kills 5 Comrades in Iraq, Military Says
TIMOTHY WILLIAMS
Published: May 11, 2009
BAGHDAD — The United States military said Monday that five American soldiers had been shot by a soldier who opened fire on fellow troops at one of the main American bases in Baghdad.
The American soldier suspected of being involved with the shooting is in custody, the military said.
The shooting took place at around 2 p.m. local time at Camp Liberty, a sprawling base next to Baghdad airport, the military said in a statement. The names of the dead soldiers were being withheld at this time pending family notification, the statement said.
“Anytime we lose one of our own, it affects us all,” Col. John Robinson, a spokesman for the U.S. military in Iraq, was quoted as saying.
CNN, citing unnamed officials, said that at least three others were wounded in the attack, which it said had have taken place at a clinic for soldiers suffering from war stress.
Violence has dropped sharply in Iraq, but a rash of major bombings by insurgents has raised questions about security less than two months before American forces are due to withdraw combat troops from urban bases.
Earlier this month, two American soldiers were killed by a man wearing an Iraqi Army uniform at an Iraqi military training centre south of Mosul
In April, 18 American military personnel members were killed in Iraq — double the number in March and the highest since September 2008, when 25 were killed.
TIMOTHY WILLIAMS
Published: May 11, 2009
BAGHDAD — The United States military said Monday that five American soldiers had been shot by a soldier who opened fire on fellow troops at one of the main American bases in Baghdad.
The American soldier suspected of being involved with the shooting is in custody, the military said.
The shooting took place at around 2 p.m. local time at Camp Liberty, a sprawling base next to Baghdad airport, the military said in a statement. The names of the dead soldiers were being withheld at this time pending family notification, the statement said.
“Anytime we lose one of our own, it affects us all,” Col. John Robinson, a spokesman for the U.S. military in Iraq, was quoted as saying.
CNN, citing unnamed officials, said that at least three others were wounded in the attack, which it said had have taken place at a clinic for soldiers suffering from war stress.
Violence has dropped sharply in Iraq, but a rash of major bombings by insurgents has raised questions about security less than two months before American forces are due to withdraw combat troops from urban bases.
Earlier this month, two American soldiers were killed by a man wearing an Iraqi Army uniform at an Iraqi military training centre south of Mosul
In April, 18 American military personnel members were killed in Iraq — double the number in March and the highest since September 2008, when 25 were killed.
When he came back to the States, he went apeshit on Ebay with all that tax free money and bonus payment he couldn't spend over there, and bought a shitload of guitars, basses, drums, mics and PA system. He calls me Saturday and says he's at some sort of USO show at Riley, and that guy who played Lt. Dan from Forrest Gump has a band or some shit...Anyways, I've been drafted to help him hook all this shit up when he gets home. 
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