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| Five US soldiers have been killed in a shooting at a base in the Iraqi capital Baghdad, the US military says. | Five US soldiers have been killed in a shooting at a base in the Iraqi capital Baghdad, the US military says. |
| The incident happened at Camp Liberty near Baghdad's international airport at about 1400 (1100 GMT), the military's statement said. | The incident happened at Camp Liberty near Baghdad's international airport at about 1400 (1100 GMT), the military's statement said. |
| The military has released no further details of the incident. | The military has released no further details of the incident. |
| Earlier this month, a man in an Iraqi army uniform shot dead two US soldiers and injured three others at a base near the northern city of Mosul. | Earlier this month, a man in an Iraqi army uniform shot dead two US soldiers and injured three others at a base near the northern city of Mosul. |
| Iraqi military reports said he was a soldier also working as an imam at a mosque on the base. | Iraqi military reports said he was a soldier also working as an imam at a mosque on the base. |
| The Baghdad shooting was the deadliest single incident for US forces in Iraq since 10 April, when five soldiers were killed by a truck bomb in Mosul. | |
| Analysts say violence in Iraq has dropped sharply over the past two years, but insurgent attacks continue and there has been a spate of bombings recently. | |
| US forces are due to withdraw combat troops from Iraq by August 2010. |