Iraq claims U.S. soldier killed by terrorist, not policeman

BAGHDAD, Iraq (CNN) -- The deaths of a U.S. soldier and an Iraqi interpreter Tuesday in Mosul were carried out by a terrorist dressed as a policeman, according to Iraqi officials, disputing U.S. military accounts.

"This was a terrorist wearing a police uniform," said Maj. Gen. Hussein Ali Kamal, an Interior Ministry spokesman. "This was a terrorist operation."

The shooting took place in Nineveh province about 2 p.m. as U.S. troops met with Iraqi police at a police station, U.S. and Iraqi sources said.

Initial reports suggested four U.S. soldiers and their interpreter were killed, but the U.S. military later said the four were wounded, not killed. One later died of his injuries, the military said.

The military statement said one Iraqi translator was killed and another was wounded. All the injured were taken to a combat support hospital, the military said.

Maj. Gen. Abdul Karim Khalaf, a spokesman for Iraq's Interior Ministry, confirmed that an interpreter was killed.