U.S. Army patrol attacked by explosive charge in Wassit.

WASSIT / IraqiNews.com: An explosive charge blew off against a U.S. Army patrol in southern Iraq ’s Wassit Province on Sunday, but losses were not known, a Wassit Police source said.   “An explosive charge blew off this (Sunday) afternoon against an American Army patrol, during its departure of Numaniya township, 40 km to the north of Kut, the center of Wassit Province, heading towards the Delta Military Base, used as headquarters of the U.S. forces,” the police source told IraqiNews.com news agency.   He said that the U.S. forces had imposed a security cordon around the venue of the incident, but the size of possible losses was not known.   IraqiNews.com news agency tried to get any comment by the U.S. sources, but its efforts did not succeed.   Kut, the center of Wassit Province , is 180 km to the south of Baghdad .   SKH (PT)     735