US, UK troops among 3 dead in Iraq rocket attack: US official

An American soldier and a British soldier, as well as one US contractor, were killed Wednesday when rockets hit an Iraqi military base north of Baghdad, a US military official said.It was the deadliest attack on an installation hosting foreign troops in several years and comes after a spate of rocket attacks targeting US troops across Iraq as well as the US embassy in Baghdad.The Iraqi army had earlier said the attack against the Taji base did not wound anyone or cause any damage, in what was th