The Mosul attack

Here are the first person accounts of the Richmond Times-Dispatch reporter and photographer who were embedded with American troops at a military base in Mosul where mortar and rocket attacks earlier today killed 24, including 19 soldiers, and injured 57.

Update: Military investigators have concluded that the attack was actually a suicide bombing. The toll of casualties has been revised to 22 dead, including 14 soldiers, and 69 wounded.