BAGHDAD (AP) - More than 40 people are dead in a series of attacks across Iraq -- including a suicide car bomb attack on an Iraqi military base.
The bomber penetrated tight security at the base in Mosul. Iraqi security forces opened fire as the bomber drove toward the base, but they were unable to stop the attack because the truck's windshield had been made bulletproof. Police say at least 13 Iraqi soldiers died, and more than 40 other people were hurt.
In a Shiite area of Baghdad, seven people died and 14 were hurt in a suicide car bombing. And police say a mortar attack killed eight people, including two women and two children, in southeastern Baghdad.
The Green Zone of the capital, protected by U.S. forces, came under heavy fire today from rockets or mortar rounds. No casualties are reported there. But police say at least one Iraqi civilian was killed outside the area by rounds that fell short.
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