At least eight people were killed and 19 wounded when a suicide bomber blew himself up at an Iraqi checkpoint near a market in the northern city of Mosul, police and hospital sources said. The attacks against the army and police of Iraq are increasing as they get ready to take full responsibility for the security of the country before a full withdrawal of U.S.
troops on December 31, more than eight years after the US-led invasion together. "Eight dead, 19 wounded. Killed five soldiers and three civilians and two soldiers were among the injured," police Lt. Nineveh province, Colonel Mahmoud al-Jibouri. A hospital source confirmed the number of dead and injured and said the attack had taken place in a crowded market in eastern Mosul, 390 kilometers north of Baghdad.
"The suicide bomber blew himself up at the entrance where Iraqi soldiers occupied a checkpoint to record people entering the market," said the hospital source. "The attack took place at the busiest time of the market," he added. Mosul is considered the last urban base left for Sunni Islamist al Qaeda after the group was expelled from many parts of Baghdad and western Anbar province by U.S.
forces allied with Sunni tribal militias in 2007. Although violence has dropped significantly since the time of the sectarian war in 2006 and 2007, bombs and assassinations occur daily and the insurgents can still perform deadly attacks. 
troops on December 31, more than eight years after the US-led invasion together. "Eight dead, 19 wounded. Killed five soldiers and three civilians and two soldiers were among the injured," police Lt. Nineveh province, Colonel Mahmoud al-Jibouri. A hospital source confirmed the number of dead and injured and said the attack had taken place in a crowded market in eastern Mosul, 390 kilometers north of Baghdad.
"The suicide bomber blew himself up at the entrance where Iraqi soldiers occupied a checkpoint to record people entering the market," said the hospital source. "The attack took place at the busiest time of the market," he added. Mosul is considered the last urban base left for Sunni Islamist al Qaeda after the group was expelled from many parts of Baghdad and western Anbar province by U.S.
forces allied with Sunni tribal militias in 2007. Although violence has dropped significantly since the time of the sectarian war in 2006 and 2007, bombs and assassinations occur daily and the insurgents can still perform deadly attacks.
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