Friday
Apr102009
Five US Soldiers Killed in Iraq Suicide Bombing
Friday, April 10, 2009 at 15:31
After a lull in casualties in Iraq, the US military lost five troops today to a suicide truck bombing in Mosul.
The attacker breached the outer security barrier of the Iraqi National Police headquarters in the southern part of the city, killing the troops, two Iraqi policemen, and an Iraqi soldier. About 60 others were wounded.
In contrast to declining violence in the rest of Iraq, Mosul, 260 miles north of Baghdad, has seen continuing hostilities between rival groups. Today's attack is likely to buttress the case, being made by the commander of US troops in Iraq, General Raymond Odierno, for a retention of American forces in the city after the July deadline for withdrawal.
The attacker breached the outer security barrier of the Iraqi National Police headquarters in the southern part of the city, killing the troops, two Iraqi policemen, and an Iraqi soldier. About 60 others were wounded.In contrast to declining violence in the rest of Iraq, Mosul, 260 miles north of Baghdad, has seen continuing hostilities between rival groups. Today's attack is likely to buttress the case, being made by the commander of US troops in Iraq, General Raymond Odierno, for a retention of American forces in the city after the July deadline for withdrawal.
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Raymond Odierno, Suicide Bombing in Iraq
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