MORE PROOF "SURGE" IS A FAILURE: 9 KILLED IN MOSUL IRAQ

The success of the so-called "surge" is nothing more than a smokescreen as violence rips across Iraq.

The Voices of Iraq is reporting nine Iraqis were killed Tuesday morning in clashes at a Mosul, Iraq checkpoint.

Earlier on Tuesday, the U.S. Military confirmed thee more U.S. soldiers were killed in Diyala Province.

On Monday, five U.S. soldiers were killed in bomb attack in Baghdad.

9 killed in Mosul clashes

Ninewa - Voices of Iraq
Tuesday , 11 /03 /2008 Time 1:35:12

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Ninewa, Mar 11, (VOI) – Nine people, including one civilian, was killed in clashes that erupted on Tuesday morning between policemen and unidentified gunmen near a checkpoint in the eastern part of Mosul, police said.

"Unidentified gunmen clashed with Iraqi police near a checkpoint in the neighborhood of al-Mithaq, eastern Mosul, on Tuesday.

Four policemen, four gunmen and one civilian near the scene were killed in the crossfire," the source, who asked not to be named, told Aswat al-Iraq – Voices of Iraq – (VOI)."Policemen also seized a vehicle belonging to the gunmen," the source added.Mosul, the capital of Ninewa province, lies 402 km north of Baghdad.