Two Thais among coalition troops slain in Iraq attacks<\/p>\n
Agencies
\nKarbala, Iraq<\/p>\n
Armed with car bombs, mortars and machine guns, insurgents
\nlaunched three coordinated attacks in the southern city of
\nKarbala on Saturday, killing four coalition soldiers, six Iraqi
\npolice officers and one civilian, military and hospital officials
\nsaid.<\/p>\n
Two Thai soldiers were among those killed, a Thai foreign
\nministry spokesman said.<\/p>\n
\"The two soldiers were killed in a suicide bomb attack at the
\nLima camp,\" foreign ministry spokesman Sihasak Phuangketkeow told
\nReuters.<\/p>\n
At least 37 other coalition soldiers, including five
\nAmericans, were injured, U.S. Army Brig. Gen. Mark Kimmitt in
\nBaghdad. Some 135 Iraqi civilians and police officers were also
\nwounded, said Ali al-Arzawi, deputy head of Karbala General
\nHospital.<\/p>\n
\"It was a coordinated, massive attack planned for a big scale
\nand intended to do much harm,\" said Maj. Gen. Andrzej
\nTyszkiewicz, head of the Polish-led multinational force
\nresponsible for security around Karbala. He gave a news
\nconference at his headquarters at Camp Babylon that was carried
\non Polish television, Associated Press reported.<\/p>\n
He said four soldiers were killed, but did not confirm their
\nnationalities.<\/p>\n
\"Four car bombs were used, grenade launchers and guns. We have
\nsent rapid reaction forces and 10 helicopters,\" Tyszkiewicz said.<\/p>\n
The drivers of the car bombs were shot before they could enter
\nthe military bases, Tyszkiewicz said.<\/p>\n
One car bomb detonated in front of the main Iraqi police
\nstation in Karbala, injuring five soldiers from the U.S. Army's
\n18th Military Police Brigade as well as an undetermined number of
\nIraqi police, said Lt. Col. Tom Evans, deputy commander of the
\nbrigade.<\/p>\n
None of the American injuries was life-threatening, and two
\nmen were detained in connection with the bombing, Evans said.<\/p>\n
\"There were different types of attacks at different places,\"
\nsaid U.S. Maj. Ralph Manos, a spokesman for the multinational
\nforce, saying they targeted two military camps at the local
\nuniversity as well as the police station.<\/p>\n
Col. Mariusz Michalski, another coalition spokesman, told the
\nPolish news agency PAP that two soldiers died at the Bulgarian
\ncamp. He did not confirm their nationality.<\/p>",
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