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AP: The military said in a statement that the shooting occurred about 2 p.m. at the base which is near Baghdad International Airport.
The toll was the highest for U.S. personnel in a single attack since April 10, when a suicide truck driver killed five American soldiers with a blast near a police headquarters in the northern city of Mosul.

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