WPost A01: Disguises Used in Attack on Troops-on Secured Iraqi Site,

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I fear lots more similar attacks such as this will occur.
It was susposed to secure!!



http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/01/21/AR2007012100227.html

Disguises Used in Attack on Troops
> Gunmen Infiltrated Secured Iraqi Site, Killing 5 Americans
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> By Ernesto Londoño
> Washington Post Staff Writer
> Monday, January 22, 2007; Page A01
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> BAGHDAD, Jan. 21 -- The armored sport-utility vehicles whisked into a government compound in the city of Karbala with speed and urgency, the way most Americans and foreign dignitaries travel along Iraq's treacherous roads these days.
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> Iraqi guards at checkpoints waved them through Saturday afternoon because the men wore what appeared to be legitimate U.S. military uniforms and badges, and drove cars commonly used by foreigners, the provincial governor said.
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> Once inside, however, the men unleashed one of the deadliest and most brazen attacks on U.S. forces in a secure area. Five American service members were killed in a hail of grenades and gunfire in a breach of security that Iraqi officials called unprecedented.
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> The attack, which lasted roughly 20 minutes, came on a day when the United States lost at least 20 other troops, including a dozen in a helicopter crash, making it the third most lethal day for American forces in Iraq.