Iraqi killed as car bombs target US military patrols in Mosul

MOSUL, Iraq, Oct 29 (AFP) - An Iraqi was killed and 10 people wounded, including five US soldiers, as car bombs targeted two US military patrols in the northern Iraqi city of Mosul on Friday, a US army spokeswoman said.
The first blast ripped through a convoy in the south side of the city, leaving an Iraqi civilian dead, three others wounded and two US soldiers lightly injured, said Captain Angela Bowman.
Attackers appeared to have detonated the bomb, concealed in a car that had been parked on the side of the road, as the convoy passed by, she told AFP.
Less than two hours later a second vehicle blew up in the path of a patrol in northern Mosul, wounding three US soldiers, Bowman said.
Doctor Ali Allawi, at the Mosul hospital, said two civilians were also hurt.
Mosul, 370 kilometres (230 miles) north of Baghdad, was rocked by four car bombs on Tuesday -- two against a military convoy -- that left no victims.
Car bombs are a favourite weapon in a vicious insurgency that is intent on forcing the US-led troops out of Iraq.

10/29/2004 12:55 GMT - AFP