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BAGHDAD, Iraq - A State
Department security officer was killed Sunday
during a mortar or rocket attack at a U.S. base near Baghdad
International Airport, the U.S. Embassy announced.
Ed Seitz, an agent
with the State Department's Bureau of Diplomatic
Security, was killed about 5 a.m. at Camp Victory, embassy spokesman
Bob Callahan said. Camp Victory is the headquarters of the U.S.-led
coalition's ground forces command.
An undetermined number of
people were injured in the attack but none with life-threatening
injuries, Callahan said.
Secretary of State Colin
Powell who is on a tour of Asia, said, "The
Department of State and I mourn the loss of one of our own today in
Baghdad." "Ed was a brave American, dedicated to his country and to a
brighter
future for the people of Iraq " Powell said. "Ed's death is a tragic
loss for me personally, and for all of his colleagues at the Department
of State."
"Ed Seitz died in the
service of his country and for the cause of
liberty and freedom for others. There is no more noble a sacrifice."
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