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August 2, 2004
Release Number: 04-08-10
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IRAQI NATIONAL GUARD SOLDIER FOILS CAR BOMB ATTACK IN MOSUL
MOSUL, Iraq - An off-duty Iraqi National Guard soldier identified an unexploded car bomb outside of a church in northeastern Mosul around 10 p.m. Aug 1.
The soldier notified the Iraqi Police and his chain of command. ING soldiers were sent to secure the scene.
Iraqi explosive ordnance teams located the taxi that was loaded with munitions and wired to explode. They reduced the bomb without injury and removed the vehicle.
The immediate response of the Iraqi Security Forces prevented what could have been a third car bomb explosion in less than 24 hours in the Mosul area.
Earlier in the day, a suicide car bomber drove a vehicle into a barrier outside of the Somer Police station in southeastern Mosul, killing five including three Iraqi Police officers and two civilians, and wounding more than 50, including 43 civilians.
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