US examines bases146; safety

The US military reassessed security at bases across Iraq on Thursday after 22 people were killed in a suspected suicide bombing at an Army camp.

The blast on Tuesday in a mess tent in Mosul was likely carried out by someone with inside information about the heavily guarded base, creates a nightmare dilemma for troops battling insurgents. US officials are likely to be taking a look not only at base security but at the procedures that allow thousands of Iraqis 8212; police, National Guards and civilians 8212; into American encampments throughout the country.

General Richard Myers, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff said the lunchtime blast at the Marez base in northern Iraq was apparently caused by 8216;8216;an improvised explosive device worn by an attacker8217;8217;. 8212;Reuters