(AP/FOX News) Mortar rounds slammed into a U.S. base near Balad, 55 miles north of Baghdad, late Thursday, wounding at least 10 American troops, and another U.S. soldier was shot and killed while guarding the national museum in the capital, the U.S. military said Friday. Balad is within a hot zone known as the "Sunni triangle," an area north and west of Baghdad where Saddam Hussein enjoyed his greatest support.
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