Attack kills 1 at U.S. base near Baghdad

An indirect-fire weapon struck the major U.S. headquarters outside Iraq's capital Tuesday, killing one "third-country national" and wounding 11 coalition soldiers, the U.S. command said.

It was an unusually large number of casualties at Camp Victory, a sprawling base near Baghdad International Airport that includes the headquarters of Multinational Corps-Iraq, which runs the ground war.

No further details on the attack were immediately released.

The term "indirect fire" ordinarily refers to mortar or rocket fire, while "third country national" means someone who is not an American or Iraqi. Most troops stationed at Camp Victory are American but other coalition forces are based there.