Two Iraqi soldiers killed in attack on Mosul checkpoint

NINEWA / IraqiNews.com: Two Iraqi soldiers have been killed in an armed attack on their checkpoint east of Mosul , the center of northern Iraq ’s Ninewa Province , a security source reported on Wednesday.   “A group of unknown armed men have attacked an Iraqi Army checkpoint in east Mosul ’s Dargazaliya district on Wednesday, killing two soldiers and escaping to an unknown destination,” the security source told IraqiNews.com news agency.   Mosul , the center of Ninewa Province , is 405 km to the north of the Iraqi Capital of Baghdad.   SKH (PT)