Rebels Attack Governor's Office in Iraqi City (Mosul)

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Rebels Attack Governor's Office in Iraqi City
By Luke Baker

MOSUL, Iraq (Reuters) - Rebels attacked the provincial governor's office in Iraq's third city of Mosul on Thursday, killing one of his bodyguards and wounding four more, the U.S. military said.

At least seven Iraqis were also killed in three bomb blasts in the capital, the major oil refinery city of Baiji and the oil-producing city of Kirkuk in the north, police said.

Insurgents fired 10 mortar rounds at the governor's office in Mosul, 240 miles north of Baghdad, setting ablaze a fuel tanker parked nearby, a U.S. military spokeswoman said.

Governor Duraid Kashmoula, whose predecessor was assassinated in July, was unhurt.

Rebels also fired six mortar rounds at a U.S. military base in Mosul, but there were no injuries.

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