Roadside bomb kills 5 U.S. soldiers in Iraq

A roadside bomb struck a U.S. military patrol in the northern Iraqi city of Mosul on Monday, killing five U.S. soldiers, the U.S. military said.

The military recently described Mosul as the only major Iraqi city that has a considerable presence of al Qaeda in Iraq fighters.

After the soldiers' vehicle was hit by the bomb, gunmen fired on the patrol from a nearby mosque, a military statement said.

Iraqi and coalition forces secured the area and returned fire on the insurgents, the statement said. Iraqi soldiers entered the mosque, but the gunmen had fled.

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