Special report: Tension accelerates in Iraq

    BAGHDAD, Aug. 27 (Xinhua) -- A U.S. soldier and two Polish soldiers were wounded in an accident in a military base in southern Iraq, the U.S. military said in a statement on Sunday.

    The accident took place early Saturday in Camp Echo, a Multinational Division base in the southern province of Diwaniyah, some 180 km south of Baghdad, the statement said, without elaborating.

    The injured received medical treatment immediately in Camp Echo's military hospital, and one of the Polish soldiers was evacuated to a hospital in Baghdad for further treatment, it added. Enditem