Suicide car bomber attacks army patrol in northern Iraq, killing 12
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Officials say a suicide attack against an army patrol in northern Iraq has killed 12 people.
A police officer says the suicide bomber rammed his explosives-laden car early Monday morning into a passing army patrol in the northern city of Mosul, killing nine soldiers and three civilians. He added that fourteen others, included four civilians, were wounded.
A medical official confirmed the casualty figure. Both spoke on condition of anonymity as they were not authorized to release information.
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Mosul, 360 kilometers (220 miles) northwest of Baghdad, is one of Iraq's major flashpoints. A recent wave of bloodshed that has killed more than 2,000 Iraqis since the start of April, the deadliest outbreak of violence in five years.