Insurgent attack kills 1, injures 11

BAGHDAD — Insurgents fired rockets or mortars Tuesday at the sprawling garrison that houses the headquarters of American forces in Iraq, killing one person and wounding 11 coalition soldiers, the U.S. command said.

The command said the person killed was a “third country national,” meaning someone who is not an American or Iraqi. Most troops stationed at Camp Victory are American but other coalition soldiers are based at the complex near Baghdad International Airport. No further details on the attack were immediately released.

Also Wednesday, there were some signs of progress on Iraq’s political front.

The Iraqi Cabinet sent to parliament a draft bill that would allow many former Saddam Hussein supporters to get back their government jobs — a major Sunni demand. The bill would also bring the screening commission under tighter legislative control.

Sunni discontent over government policies prompted the six Cabinet members from the main Sunni bloc to walk off the job last month, triggering a major political crisis.

U.S. troops killed nine suspects in a raid on Baghdad’s Shiite neighborhood of Sadr City, the military said. Iraqi police and witnesses said three civilians were killed.