Nightly News   |  September 07, 2010

Two U.S. troops killed in Iraq

A man dressed as an Iraqi soldier fired on American troops on a training visit to an Iraqi military base Tuesday, killing at least two U.S. soldiers and injuring at least nine others. NBC's Brian Williams reports.

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BRIAN WILLIAMS, anchor: And in Iraq today, a grim reminder Americans are still in grave danger there. Today a man dressed as an Iraqi soldier fired on American troops on a training visit to an Iraqi military base. Two US soldiers killed, at least nine others injured. They are the first US service members to die since President Obama declared the end of the combat operations phase.