The surge is working.
At least 100 people were killed and dozens were hurt in three separate suicide bombings in northern Iraq, police said Tuesday.
Three bombers detonated three trucks laden with explosives in three locations around 8 p.m., officials said.
The bombers targeted residential areas in the town, Qahtaniya and Mosul police said. Mosul police said U.S. military helicopters are helping to evacuate the wounded. Local television is asking for blood donations for the wounded.
The violence came on the same day as another brazen attack. Gunmen wearing army uniforms abducted five Oil Ministry officials from their Baghdad apartments, the Interior Ministry told CNN.
