U.S. vehicle damaged in explosion in Wassit

WASSIT / IraqiNews.com: One U.S. vehicle was damaged in a roadside bomb explosion in the south of Kut city on Sunday, according to a security source. “An improvised explosive device went off Sunday (Oct. 25) targeting a U.S. military convoy in south of Kut, damaging one of its vehicles,” the source told Aswat al-Ira news agency. “The explosion occurred when the convoy was coming from al-Hai district toward Kut,” he noted. No word was immediately available from the U.S. army on the incident. Kut, the capital of Wassit, is 180 km southeast of Baghdad. SH (P)/SR 2