Car Bomb explodes near US Base in Mosul

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MOSUL, Iraq (Reuters) - A suspected suicide car bomb exploded near a U.S. base in northern Iraq (news - web sites) on Monday, wounding eight people in an attack believed to have been carried out by a woman, the U.S. military said.

A U.S. military spokeswoman said five U.S. soldiers and three members of the Iraqi security forces were wounded when the car exploded about 50 yards from the southern gate of the base at an airfield near the northern city of Mosul.

She said the driver of the car, which exploded at about 8:30 a.m. (12:30 a.m. EDT), was believed to be a woman.

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