MOSUL, Iraq (AFP) - At least two members of Iraq`s security forces were killed and 11 others wounded in double car bomb attacks in the northern city of Mosul.
One car exploded in the path of a national guard patrol in a southern district of the city, killing two members of the Iraqi national guard and wounding four others, an Iraqi police officer said.
A second car bomb blew up a few hours later in the path of a convoy of General Rashid Falih, a national guard commander, wounding seven of his companions, the officer added.
A doctor at Mosul`s main hospital said four of the wounded were in critical condition.
At the scene of the first attack edgy national guardsmen in green military fatigues, some masked, cordoned off the area.
The chassis and remains of the car bomb were strewn in the middle of the road as flames engulfed a white car nearby.
Mosul, a predominantly Sunni Muslim city located 370 kilometres (230 miles) north of Baghdad, has seen a rash of suicide car bomb attacks in recent weeks against US military and Iraqi force convoys.
Three people were killed in a double suicide car bomb on Friday after four car bombs on Tuesday -- two against a military convoy -- that left no victims.
Car bombs are a favourite tool in a bloody insurgency that has ravaged the country since the fall of Saddam Hussein last year.
Iraqi`s nascent security forces are frequent targets.
11/02/2004 - 13:00 GMT - AFP