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IED kills soldier in Mosul

March 5, 2009 - 05:41:11

NINEWA / Aswat al-Iraq: An improvised explosive device blast killed an Iraqi soldier in eastern Mosul city on Thursday, according to a source in the Iraqi army’s 2nd Division information department.

“A Division soldier was killed on Thursday evening after an IED went off near his patrol in al-Jaza’er neighborhood, eastern Mosul,” the source told Aswat al-Iraq news agency.

“A military vehicle was destroyed in the explosion,” the source added, not giving further information.

Meanwhile, the source noted that a Division force defused an IED planted on the main road at Badosh dam area, western Mosul.

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

AmR (P)

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