This article is from the source 'bbc' and was first published or seen on . It will not be checked again for changes.
You can find the current article at its original source at http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/1/hi/world/middle_east/7213640.stm
The article has changed 3 times. There is an RSS feed of changes available.
| Version 0 | Version 1 |
|---|---|
| US troops killed in northern Iraq | US troops killed in northern Iraq |
| (10 minutes later) | |
| Five US soldiers have been killed in a roadside bomb attack in the northern Iraqi city of Mosul, the US military has said. | Five US soldiers have been killed in a roadside bomb attack in the northern Iraqi city of Mosul, the US military has said. |
| A patrol that was hit in the explosion then came under small arms fire before US and Iraqi forces secured the area, Reuters news agency reports. | A patrol that was hit in the explosion then came under small arms fire before US and Iraqi forces secured the area, Reuters news agency reports. |
| Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri Maliki announced the start of a major offensive in Mosul on Friday. | Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri Maliki announced the start of a major offensive in Mosul on Friday. |
| The ethnically mixed city has seen a rise in violence over the last year. | The ethnically mixed city has seen a rise in violence over the last year. |
| On Wednesday, an explosion at a block of flats in Mosul left 34 people dead and hundreds injured. | |
| A day later, a local police chief and two officers were killed in an ambush as they toured the scene of the blast. |