Soldier wounded in attack on Mosul patrol

NINEWA /Iraqi News An Iraqi soldier was wounded in a thermal bomb blast in western Mosul on Sunday, a local security source said. “The bomb blast targeted an Iraqi army patrol in the area of Wadi Akkab, western Mosul, leaving one patrolman wounded,” the source told Iraqi News. The source did not give more information about the soldier’s wounds or the nature of the explosion. Mosul, the capital city of the troubled province of Ninewa, lies 405 km north of Baghdad. AmR (P) 2