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U.S. soldiers arrive on the scene and secure the perimeter where a car bomb detonated in Mosul, Iraq, May 31, 2006. The explosion wounded seven Iraqi Police officers and 27 civilians. The U.S. troops are assigned to Company B, 1st Battalion, 17th Infantry Regiment, 172nd Stryker Brigade Combat Team.

Car Bomb

U.S. soldiers arrive on the scene and secure the perimeter where a car bomb detonated in Mosul, Iraq, May 31, 2006. The explosion wounded seven Iraqi Police officers and 27 civilians. The U.S. troops are assigned to Company B, 1st Battalion, 17th Infantry Regiment, 172nd Stryker Brigade Combat Team.

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