US soldiers injured in Iraq attack
President George Bush has said US forces must stay in Iraq until the job is done
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Thursday, 23, Aug 2007 10:57
A suicide attack on a coalition outpost in Iraq has killed four Iraqi soldiers and injured 11 US troops, according to a statement from the US military.
The attack occurred in northern Baghdad yesterday and involved two vehicles armed with explosive devices.
According to the statement, the outpost is manned by US soldiers from the 1st Brigade, 1st Cavalry Division and Iraqi soldiers from the 3rd Brigade 9th Army Division.
Of the US wounded, eight were taken to Camp Taji while three were evacuated to a medical facility.
Eight local Iraqis suspected of having information about the attack were arrested.
The incident occurred the day US president George Bush reiterated his message that it was vital coalition forces stayed in Iraq until the job was done.
Speaking at a meeting of army veterans in Kansas City, Mr Bush compared the decisions faced by the current administration with those during the Vietnam era.
"There's no debate in my mind that the veterans from Vietnam deserve the high praise of the United States of America," Mr Bush said.
"Whatever your position is on that debate, one unmistakable legacy of Vietnam is that the price of America's withdrawal was paid by millions of innocent citizens whose agonies would add to our vocabulary new terms like 'boat people', 're-education camps', and 'killing fields'.
"There was another price to our withdrawal from Vietnam, and we can hear it in the words of the enemy we face in today's struggle - those who came to our soil and killed thousands of citizens on September 11th, 2001."
He also reversed previous criticism of Iraqi prime minister Nouri al-Maliki, stating that he was "a good guy, a good man with a difficult job and I support him".