Bomb blast near Mosul, Iraq kills at least 40
{{date|March 27, 2006}}

A bomb blast near the northern city of [[w:Mosul|Mosul]] has killed at least 40 [[Iraq]]i people.  The bomber struck shortly after noon in front of a [[U.S.]] military base. The Defence Ministry said 30 people were injured in the blast which they said was carried out by a suicide bomber. The U.S. military says a car bomb had exploded at an Iraqi police recruiting centre at Kisak, west of Mosul. 

The blast follows the killing of 20 Shiites at a mosque compound in [[w:Baghdad|Baghdad]]. Shiites have blamed U.S. forces for killing 22 people Sunday and cut off political talks in protest. The United States has said no mosque was attacked.

== Sources ==
*{{source|url=http://www.ledger-enquirer.com/mld/ledgerenquirer/14197524.htm
|title=Suicide bomber attacks Iraqi training center
|author=
|pub=Ledger Enquirer
|date=March 27, 2006}}
*{{source|url=http://today.reuters.com/News/CrisesArticle.aspx?storyId=GEO751860
|title=Suicide bomber kills 40 in blast in Iraq's Mosul
|author=
|pub=Reuters 
|date=March 27, 2006}}
*{{source|url=http://www.guardian.co.uk/worldlatest/story/0,,-5713809,00.html
|title=Death Toll Jumps to 30 in Iraq Bombing
|author=Mariam Fam 
|pub=Guardian Newspapers
|date=March 27, 2006}}

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[[Category:United States]]
[[Category:Middle East]]
[[Category:Iraq]]
[[Category:Politics and conflicts]]
[[Category:Shia Islam]]
[[Category:Suicide attacks]]
[[Category:Mosul]]
A bomb blast near the northern city of Mosul has killed at least 40 Iraqi people.  The bomber struck shortly after noon in front of a U.S. military base. The Defence Ministry said 30 people were injured in the blast which they said was carried out by a suicide bomber. The U.S. military says a car bomb had exploded at an Iraqi police recruiting centre at Kisak, west of Mosul. 

The blast follows the killing of 20 Shiites at a mosque compound in Baghdad. Shiites have blamed U.S. forces for killing 22 people Sunday and cut off political talks in protest. The United States has said no mosque was attacked.
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