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03/27/2006:

"15 Killed in Bombing on U.S.-Iraqi Base"

BAGHDAD, Iraq -- A suicide bomber attacked a joint U.S.-Iraqi military base in northern Iraq on Monday, killing at least 15 people and wounding as many as 30, the Iraqi military said. At least 21 more bodies were found _ many with nooses around their neck _ and mortar and bomb attacks killed at least four people.

The nationalities of the victims in the suicide bombing about 20 miles east of the ancient city of Tal Afar were not immediately known. The bomber struck shortly after noon at an Iraqi army recruiting center in front of the base.

President Bush singled out Tal Afar in a recent speech as a success story for American and Iraqi forces in the drive to quell the insurgency.

Iraqi army Lt. Akram Eid told The Associated Press that many of the wounded were taken to the Sykes U.S. Army base on the outskirts of Tal Afar. The U.S. military in Baghdad said it was checking the report.
washingtonpost.com