BAGHDAD, March 27 (Xinhua) -- A suicide bomber blew himself up inside a U.S. and Iraqi military base in northern Iraq on Monday, killing 15 people and wounding a number of others, an Interior Ministry source told Xinhua.

    "A suicide bomber wearing an explosive-belt blew himself up at about 11:30 a.m. (0830 GMT) at a joint U.S. and Iraqi base at al-Kesik outside the Iraqi city of Mosul, some 400 km north of Baghdad," the source said on condition of anonymity.

    The base has served as an Iraqi army recruitment center, which is located on the main road between the two Iraqi northern cities of Mosul and Irbil, he added.

    The attack killed at least 15 people and wounded many others, according to the source. Enditem