IED targets U.S. forces, wounds 4 cops in Thi-Qar

November 23, 2009 - 08:06:19

THI-QAR / Aswat al-Iraq: Four policemen were wounded on Monday in a bomb blast that targeted a joint Iraqi-U.S. convoy in northern Nassiriya, a well-informed source said.

“The bomb exploded near a police vehicle which was backing a convoy of the logistic support of the U.S. troops,” the source told Aswat al-Iraq news agency.

“Four cops were wounded in the explosion,” he added.

“The blast took place at the northern inlet of Nassiriya city and caused a material damage to a U.S. vehicle,” he noted,

Nassiriya, the capital of Thi-Qar, lies 390 km south of Baghdad.

SH (P)/SR

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