US soldiers killed
Published:Monday | May 11, 2009 | 1:08 PM
Five US soldiers have been shot dead at a base in the Iraqi capital Baghdad.
According to the US military, the incident happened at Camp Liberty near Baghdad\'s international airport.
The military has released no further details of the incident.
Earlier this month, two US soldiers were killed and three injured at a base near the northern city of Mosul.
The Baghdad shooting has been described as the deadliest single incident for US forces in Iraq since April 10, when five soldiers were killed by a truck bomb in Mosul.
US forces are due to withdraw combat troops from Iraq by August 2010.