MOSUL, Iraq (AP) - A car bomb exploded Friday near an American armored vehicle in the northern Iraq city of Mosul, wounding five U.S. soldiers, the military said.
The blast hit the Stryker vehicle as it returned to a coalition base after operations near Mosul, said Capt. Angela Bowman, a spokeswoman with Task Force Olympia.
Bowman had no reports on the condition of the wounded.
Also in Mosul, Iraqi National Guard soldiers came under rocket and mortar fire as they arrested suspected car-bomb makers who were praying at a mosque here, the U.S. military said.
No American or multinational forces entered any portion of the mosque or the mosque grounds, said Bowman, who declined to give the number of suspects detained.
Attackers fired mortars and rocket-propelled grenades at the Iraqi guardsmen during the operation, said Bowman. Mosul is 225 miles northwest of Baghdad.
Car Bomb Explodes in Mosul, Wounding 5
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[Link to Full Article]MOSUL, Iraq (AP) - A car bomb exploded Friday near an American armored vehicle in the northern Iraq city of Mosul, wounding five U.S. soldiers, the military said.
The blast hit the Stryker vehicle as it returned to a coalition base after operations near Mosul, said Capt. Angela Bowman, a spokeswoman with Task Force Olympia.
Bowman had no reports on the condition of the wounded.
