U.S. Army Spc. Jacob Collins, bottom, Cpl. Tim Garrett, left, and Staff Sgt. Travis Smith provide sniper overwatch during clearing operations in Shuzayf, Iraq, March 26, 2009. U.S. Navy photo by Petty Officer 2nd Class Walter J. PelsMilitary: Iraqi Truck Bombing Kills 5 US Soldiers -- AP
BAGHDAD (AP) — A suicide bomber rammed his explosives-laden truck into a sandbagged wall surrounding a police headquarters in northern Iraq on Friday, killing five American soldiers and two Iraqi policemen in the single deadliest attack against U.S. forces in more than a year, the U.S. military and Iraqi police said.
A sixth American soldier and 17 Iraqi policemen were wounded in the blast that took place near the national police headquarters in southwestern Mosul — Iraq's third-largest city and al-Qaida's last urban stronghold.
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