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4 troops killed in Iraq attacks

AP, Karbala, Iraq
Armed with car bombs, mortars and machine guns, insurgents launched three coordinated attacks in the southern city of Karbala yesterday, killing four coalition soldiers and wounding 37 others, including five Americans.
The head of the Polish-led multinational force responsible for security around Karbala, Maj. Gen. Andrzej Tyszkiewicz, did not confirm the nationalities of the dead but said five of the wounded were in serious condition. None of the US troops suffered life-threatening wounds.
"It was a coordinated, massive attack planned for a big scale and intended to do much harm," Tyszkiewicz said on Polish television from his headquarters at Camp Babylon. "Four car bombs were used, grenade launchers and guns. We have sent rapid reaction forces and 10 helicopters."
The car bombers were shot before they could enter the military bases, he added.
US Brig. Gen. Mark Kimmitt said 37 coalition soldiers also were wounded.
One car bomb detonated in front of the main Iraqi police sta-
tion in Karbala, injuring five soldiers from the US Army's 18th Military Police Brigade as well as an undetermined number of Iraqi police, said Lt. Col. Tom Evans, deputy commander of the brigade. None of the American injuries was life-threatening, and two men were detained in connection with the bombing, Evans said.
"There were different types of attacks at different places," said US Maj. Ralph Manos, a spokesman for the multinational force. The attackers targeted two military coalition camps at the city's university and at a police station, as well as the mayor's office.
Col. Mariusz Michalski, another coalition spokesman, told the Polish news agency PAP that two soldiers died at the Bulgarian camp. He did not confirm their nationality.
Bulgarian soldiers were being evacuated from their two bases in Karbala because it was destroyed. Deputy Defense Minister Ilko Dimitrov told Bulgarian state television that 15 soldiers were slightly injured.
Col. Adam Stasinski, a spokesman for the Polish Defense Ministry in Warsaw, said some projectiles
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fired at the Bulgarian base hit a nearby university instead, injuring some people.
Iraqi witnesses said a water truck contained one of the bombs, and that coalition soldiers sprayed it with gunfire as it drove toward a military base beside the university and exploded. Casualties were removed in stretchers, and soldiers fired in the air to disperse the crowds.
Stasinski said a logistics base where soldiers of different nationalities serve was also targeted. No Poles were killed, he said.
Thai soldiers also operate in the area, but Jakrapob Penkair, a government spokesman in Bangkok, said there were no reports of Thai casualties.
Witnesses said smoke and fire rose from the mayor's office after a mortar attack. They reported a car bomb at the university.
Karbala is a holy Shia city south of Baghdad. Ousted Iraqi leader Saddam Hussein, who was captured by US forces on Dec. 13, conducted a bloody crackdown on residents of Karbala and other Shiite areas in 1991.