Car bomb defused in eastern Mosul

February 23, 2009 - 04:10:02


NINEWA / Aswat al-Iraq: An Iraqi army force on Monday defused a car bomb in eastern Mosul, a military source said.

“A force from the 2nd division of the Iraqi army on Monday (Feb. 23) managed to defuse a booby-trapped car in al-Baath neighborhood in eastern Mosul, without casualties,” the source told Aswat al-Iraq news agency.

“The operation was based on a tip-off,” he noted.

Mosul, the capital of Ninewa, lies 405 km north of Baghdad.

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