Iraq army foils attempt to blow up power pylons near Mosul

NINEWA / IraqiNews.com: Iraqi army forces defused improvised explosive devices planted under power pylons south of Mosul city on Friday, according to a source in the Ninewa Operations Command (NOC). “The Iraqi army’s 2nd Division personnel stationed in Mosul removed five IEDs from under power pylons on the outside road south of Mosul,” the source told IraqiNews.com news agency. “The charges were defused without incident or damage to the facilities,” the source added. Mosul, the capital city of the unrest-ridden province of Ninewa, lies 405 km north of Baghdad. AmR (P) 2