US soldier killed in attack on Iraq base: military

An American soldier was killed and two wounded in a rocket or mortar attack on a US military base in central Iraq, a statement said on Sunday. The soldier, who was not named, was killed in an "indirect fire attack" on a base in Diyala province north of Baghdad, the American military said, using its term for a rocket or mortar attack.
"The wounded were evacuated to a nearby military medical facility and are in stable condition," the statement said. It did not give any further details. The US military said in a separate statement that an American soldier died of non-combat related causes in the northern province of Nineveh.