Originally published by the Voice of America (www.voanews.com). Voice of America is funded by the US Federal Government and content it exclusively produces is in the public domain. Insurgents in Iraq Attack US Outpost ------------------------------------ http://enews.voanews.com/t?ctl=164FB99:A6F02AD83191E16056E10CDED3DCFA249574F7DCC14957C0 Two soldiers killed and 17 others wounded; US military says coordinated assault began when suicide bomber exploded vehicle outside base, north of Baghdad In Iraq, insurgents have attacked a U.S. combat outpost, killing two soldiers and wounding 17 others. The U.S. military says the coordinated assault began when a suicide bomber exploded a vehicle outside the base, north of Baghdad. Elsewhere, a series of bombings in Baghdad and other areas Monday have killed at least 16 people. An Iraqi policeman guards the scene of a bomb attack in Baghdad, 19 Feb 2007 Police say five people died when a bomb exploded on a Baghdad bus heading to the mainly Shi'ite district of Karradah. Roadside bombs in another Shi'ite district , Zafraniyah, killed at least six people. Outside the capital, a car bomb killed four people in Duluiyah, north of Baghdad, while another car bomb killed one person in Mahmoudiyah, to the south. On Sunday, car bomb attacks in mainly Shi'ite areas of Baghdad killed at least 60 people and wounding about 100. It was the worst violence since U.S. and Iraqi forces started a new security campaign in the city last week. Some information for this report was provided by AP. .