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Lethal car bomb rocks Iraqi town | Lethal car bomb rocks Iraqi town |
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A car bomb has killed 10 people and injured at least 20 outside a car dealership in the northern Iraqi town of Tal Afar. | A car bomb has killed 10 people and injured at least 20 outside a car dealership in the northern Iraqi town of Tal Afar. |
A US military spokesman said it appeared to have been a suicide attack but Iraqi police said a parked vehicle had exploded. | A US military spokesman said it appeared to have been a suicide attack but Iraqi police said a parked vehicle had exploded. |
Once a model for US-led peace efforts, Tal Afar has seen mounting violence. | Once a model for US-led peace efforts, Tal Afar has seen mounting violence. |
The town is near the city of Mosul, in the province of Nineveh, where al-Qaeda and Sunni insurgents are active. | The town is near the city of Mosul, in the province of Nineveh, where al-Qaeda and Sunni insurgents are active. |
In another development, the US military announced the death of one of its marines, who died on Friday from injuries received in a roadside bomb blast west of the Iraqi capital Baghdad |