Associated Press

Tikrit, January 23

US troops have detained a father and son suspected of carrying out an attack on a forward base that killed two American soldiers, a military spokeswoman said today.

The two were arrested yesterday without incident at their home in Hadid, a village close to Baqouba in central Iraq, said Maj Josslyn Aberle, spokeswoman for the 4th Infantry Division.

The US forward camp, near Baqouba, was hit by a barrage of rockets and mortars on Wednesday night, killing the two soldiers and wounding another.

Baqouba is about 130 km southeast of Tikrit.

The two cities are part of the so-called Sunni Triangle, where

most of the insurgent attacks against US-led coalition troops have taken place since the

invasion.