A US soldier was killed and another was wounded in an attack on a military base in Iraq, the US army said this morning.
The attack occurred yesterday at a base near Samarra, 100 kilometres north of Baghdad.
The death was a result of indirect fire, probably a mortar round. Militants frequently fire mortars at US bases but generally cause little damage.
The death raises to 1,112 the number of soldiers killed in combat in Iraq since March 2003.