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Car bomb claims 9 Iraqis, blast kills 3 US troops

Reuters, Masui, imq
Guerrillas killed nine people in a car bomb blast outside a police station in the Iraqi city of Mosul yesterday, and a separate attack on a US convoy north of Baghdad killed three American soldiers.
Police and hospital officials in Mosul, 240 miles north of Baghdad, said 44 people were also wounded in thecar bombattack.
Thick smoke billowed from blazing vehicles after the blast, which shattered windows in a wide area.
Major Hugh Cate, spokesman for the 101st Airborne Division in
Mosul, said there were no US casualties.
"Iraqi fire and rescue teams are on site. US personnel are on site to assist as required," hesaid.
The US military said three US soldiers were killed when a roadside bomb blew up next to a convoy traveling between Kirkuk and Tikrit, ousted leader Saddam Hussein's hometown 110 miles north of Baghdad.
Major Josslyn Aberle said the attack involved soldiers from the 4 th Infantry Division and occurred southwest of Kirkuk.
The deaths brought to 364 the number of US soldiers killed in
action since the start of the Iraq war last March. Including non-combat deaths, the toll is 522.
The attacks came on the eve of the Muslim holiday of Eid al-Azha. Guerrillas have often struck on significant dates -■ a car bomb destroyed a Baghdad restaurant on New Year's Eve, killing eight, and on Oct. 27, the first day of Ramadan, coordinated suicide attacks in Baghdad killed atleast35.
Despite the violence plaguing Iraq, UN Secretary-General Kofi Atman has given the go-ahead for a team of experts to arrive within days to assess the feasibility of holding elections ahead of the June 30 deadline for the handover of sovereignty from the US-led coalition to an Iraqi government
Annan pulled international staff out of Iraq last year after two suicide attacks on the UN headquarters in Baghdad. The most devastating attack, on Aug. 19, killed 22 people including the head of the UN mission, Sergio Vieira de Mello.
The United Nations is returning to Iraq at the request ofWashington, after US plans for the handover of sovereignty were rejected by Iraq's leadingShiacleric.'