MOSUL, Iraq (Reuters) - A suicide bomber blew himself up inside a bus on Tuesday, killing at least eight people, as the vehicle stopped at a checkpoint near the northern Iraqi city of Mosul, security officials said.
Mosul, Iraq's third-largest city, is described by U.S. officials as the last remaining urban stronghold of al Qaeda in Iraq. The U.S. military accused the Sunni Islamist group of carrying out the bus bombing.
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