surge update - 11 Iraqis Die as Bomber Strikes During U.S. Raid

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BAGHDAD, Oct. 5 -- A man detonated a suicide vest inside a home in northern Iraq as U.S. forces were trading gunfire with its occupants, according to the American military. Eleven Iraqis were killed in the operation early Sunday.

No U.S. casualties were reported in the incident in Mosul, where war continues to rage despite a sharp drop in violence in much of the rest of the country.

At least five other Iraqis were killed Sunday in the city, which is about 240 miles north of Baghdad. Four were slain when gunmen opened fire during a funeral in the Zanjili area of Mosul, and an Iraqi police officer was shot by a sniper elsewhere in the city, according to local police and Interior Ministry officials.

The American raid occurred early Sunday morning as U.S. troops sought to capture a wanted man, according to an Iraqi army source and a statement from U.S. forces. People in the residence began shooting and U.S. troops returned fire, the military said. A man in the house then detonated a suicide vest, it said.

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