Police defuse rocket in Mosul

NINEWA / IraqiNews.com: Police forces on Tuesday foiled a rocket attack on a residential neighborhood in western Mosul, a source from the federal police said. “A force from the Mosul brigade of the federal police defused on Tuesday (Dec. 28) a Katyusha rocket in al-Resala neighborhood in western Mosul,” the source told IraqiNews.com news agency. “The forces seized four launching pads,” he added, without giving further details. Mosul, the capital of Ninewa, lies 405 km north of Baghdad. SH (P)/SR 3