Double car bombing attack in Mosul kills 26

December 30, 2004 

With a Friday dump truck car bombing that left a massive crater and many dead, Iraqi insurgents frontally assaulted U.S. troops in Mosul, Iraq. Initial reports showed 25 Iraqis and one U.S. soldier dead. "(As of this writing, additional information on the bombing was expected.)" 
Attacking a soldier on patrol close to a U.S. outpost, the insurgents had two bomb vehicles. The first bomb attack was designed to draw out U.S. support troops while the second bomb vehicle in conjunction with mortars and rockets was intended to overrun the American outpost. 
As reinforcements arrived, U.S. forces came under automatic weapon and rocket-propelled grenade fire, Staff Sgt. Don Dees, a military spokesman, said.
Double car bombing attack in Mosul kills 26 December 30 , 2004 With a Friday dump truck car bombing that left a massive crater and many dead , Iraqi insurgents frontally assaulted U.S. troops in Mosul , Iraq . Initial reports showed 25 Iraqis and one U.S. soldier dead . " ( As of this writing , additional information on the bombing was expected . ) " Attacking a soldier on patrol close to a U.S. outpost , the insurgents had two bomb vehicles . The first bomb attack was designed to draw out U.S. support troops while the second bomb vehicle in conjunction with mortars and rockets was intended to overrun the American outpost . As reinforcements arrived , U.S. forces came under automatic weapon and rocket - propelled grenade fire , Staff Sgt . Don Dees , a military spokesman , said .
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