Mosul, Iraq, Dec 3, SPA -- American and Iraqi forces clashed withinsurgents in Mosul on Friday, the latest in a surge ofviolence in the northern Iraqi city. The clashes occurred a day after an American soldier waskilled and two Iraqi commandos were wounded on a patrol inMosul, Iraq's third-largest city and an increasinglytroublesome place for the U.S. military and its Iraqiallies. Insurgents first fired several mortar rounds at a U.S.base in Mosul, causing no damage or casualties. Iraqi andAmerican forces went out to find the source of thoseattacks and then traded fire with gunmen, said U.S.military spokesman Lt. Col. Paul Hastings. He said there were "isolated clashes" in the downtownareas of Mosul. Khasro Gouran, deputy governor of Nineveh,the province where Mosul is located, said the localgovernment building had also been shelled early Friday. Hesaid two people were killed and 14 wounded. On Thursday, Iraqi and U.S. forces discovered 14unidentified bodies in Mosul, and there were reports offive more bodies picked up by family members. That broughtto at least 66 the number of bodies _ many of them believedmembers of the Iraqi security forces or supporters of theinterim government in Baghdad _ found there since Nov. 18.--SPA1320 Local Time 1020 GMT www.spa.gov.sa/221601