A suicide car bomber that attacked a US military convoy today in the northern Iraqi city of Mosul caused several casualties, witnesses said.
They said they saw body parts scattered in the street after the blast, which occurred in southern Mosul on the main highway leading into the city from the south.
No casualty figures were immediately available, but the witnesses said civilians and soldiers had been hit.
The bomb gouged a huge crater two metres deep in the road. US soldiers opened fire after the attack, the witnesses said.
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Insurgents have frequently mounted attacks on US forces in Mosul, 390 kilometres north of Baghdad.