Car bomb targets U.S. forces in Mosul

April 23, 2009 - 11:38:59


NINEWA / Aswat al-Iraq: A booby-trapped car went off on Thursday targeting the U.S. forces in eastern Mosul, without causing any casualties, a police source said.

“A car crammed with explosives went off on Thursday (April 23) targeting U.S. forces in al-Nabi Younnes region in eastern Mosul, without leaving casualties,” the source told Aswat al-Iraq news agency.

An improvised explosive device was detonated earlier targeting an Iraqi army vehicle patrol in al-Zahraa neighborhood in eastern Mosul, injuring two civilians.

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

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