Iraq bomb kills 5 US soldiers
28/01/2008 18:04  - (SA)  

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Baghdad - A roadside bomb killed five American soldiers on Monday in Iraq's northern Ninevah province, the US military said.

The military did not provide more details, but the attack occurred days after a massive house explosion followed by a suicide attack left some 40 people dead in the provincial capital of Mosul.

The blasts on Wednesday and Thursday have drawn attention to the security situation in Mosul, which US commanders describe as the last major urban centre with a significant al-Qaeda presence since the terror network has been driven from its strongholds in the capital and Anbar province.

Iraqi army reinforcements moved on Sunday into positions near the city, 360 kilometres northwest of Baghdad, ahead of a planned offensive announced by Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki.

The US military, which a military spokesperson said earlier this month was the last urban safe haven for al-Qaeda-led insurgents, has said Iraqi security forces will take the lead in Mosul - a major test of Washington's plan to, at an undetermined date, shrink the American force and leave it as backup for Iraqi security forces.

- AP

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