Suicide truck bomber kills 6 in Iraq's Mosul

MOSUL, Iraq, Feb 27 (Reuters) A suicide truck bomber targeting an Iraqi police station in northern Iraq killed six policemen and wounded 25 people today, police said, adding the death toll could rise.

Witnesses said the blast in the city of Mosul destroyed the police headquarters. Insurgents fighting the US-backed Shi'ite-led government frequently attack Iraqi security forces.

US and Iraqi forces launched a major security crackdown in Baghdad earlier this month to quell sectarian violence, threatening to plunge the country into all-out civil war.

US commanders said they have noticed increased insurgent violence outside the capital, as militants seem to be focusing their attacks elsewhere.

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