Anti-American insurgents fired mortar rounds at a U.S. military camp Wednesday night, wounding 35 U.S. soldiers, the U.S. command said.
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 camp is in the so-called Sunni Muslim triangle that is a stronghold of resistance to the U.S. occupation of Iraq.
The Pentagon said that the soldiers were from the Army’s 541st Maintenance Battalion, based in Ft. Riley, Kan., and part of the 3rd Corps Support Command.
The mortars hit “a living area where they have their sleeping quarters,” the spokesman said.
Meanwhile, officials offered rewards for the capture or information confirming the deaths of 30 wanted Iraqis, putting bounties of $50,000 to $200,000 on their heads. That is in addition to bounties for the 13 remaining fugitives at large from the original 55 most-wanted Iraqis whose pictures appeared on a deck of cards.
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Compiled from RedEye news services and edited by Lara Weber (lweber@tribune.com) and Chris Courtney (cdcourtney@tribune.com)
