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Iraqi soldier kills two US soldiers in Mosul

Nov. 12, 2008
An Iraqi soldier on Wednesday opened fire on a group of US soldiers at an Iraqi military base in Mosul killing two and wounding six others before dying in a hail of bullets.
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