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Qaeda targets US base in Iraq

BAGHDAD, July 24 (KUNA) -- Al Qaeda has fired three Katyusha rockets at a US army base in south Iraq, an Iraqi security source said.
No US soldiers were injured in the attack, but two Iraqi civilians were wounded as two rockets fell on nearby houses, the source told KUNA.
The rockets were launched from an area in northeast Diwaniya in south Iraq, the source added. (end) mhg.mt KUNA 241737 Jul 10NNNN