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Four Iraqi soldiers killed in clashes in northern Iraq (Extra)
May 7, 2008, 11:06 GMT
Baghdad - Four Iraqi army soldiers were killed in clashes with insurgents in the northern Iraqi city of Mosul, a security source said Wednesday.
'An army patrol was engaged in clashes with a terrorist group Wednesday in a Mosul district, about 400 kilometres north of Baghdad, which left four patrol members dead,' the source added.
Mosul has recently seen a surge in violence, which is mostly blamed on Sunni insurgents regrouping in northern Iraqi provinces after they were driven out of Baghdad and surrounding areas.
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Mark BuehnerMay 7th, 2008 - 21:39:34
Err... actually the violence has fallen off in Mosul after peaking in mid-April. Only 1 US soldier has been killed in Mosul since April 15.
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