BAGHDAD, Iraq (CNN) -- "There were conflicting reports Tuesday over whether four U.S. soldiers and their interpreter were shot and killed by Iraqi police in the northern city of Mosul.

"An official with Iraq's Interior Ministry told CNN that the four American soldiers had been killed, but the U.S. military only said an Iraqi interpreter was killed.

"The Iraqi official said the assailants were members of the protection services responsible for securing bridges.

"The soldiers were at the police headquarters when police fired on them, the official said."

Anecdotal evidence of the regard the US has in Mosul.

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