12月29日，驻伊拉克美军在摩苏尔遭到反美武装自杀式袭击，随后美军在战机的掩护下反击，打死约25名反美武装成员，15名美军士兵在交火中受伤。美国军方承认，作为伊拉克第三大城市的摩苏尔安全状况正在急剧恶化。外电报道如下：US troops backed by Warplanes have killed 25 guerrillas in the northern Iraqi city of Mosul after facing a fierce coordinated assault by two suicide bombs and dozens of insurgents, the military say.

The brazen rebel assault on Wednesday illustrated the increasing boldness of insurgents in the city, following a suicide attack on a Mosul base last week that killed 22 people including 18 Americans -- the deadliest single attack on Americans in Iraq since the start of the war to oust Saddam Hussein.

Witnesses said the fighting began when a suicide bomber detonated a fuel truck outside a house in Mosul that has been occupied as a combat outpost by US troops since last month.

Warplane表示“军用机，作战飞机”，相关的词汇还有cargo-transport plane（运输机）；glider plane（滑翔机）；search plane（侦察机）；push-button plane（无人驾驶飞机，遥控飞机）； camera plane（摄影飞机）；school plane（教练机）；carrier plane（舰载飞机）；float plane（浮筒式飞机，水上飞机）；general-purpose plane（全能飞机，通用飞机）等。

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