Explosion in Kut against U.S. patrol

WASSIT / IraqiNews.com: A strong explosion that shook the city of Kut , the center of southern Iraq ’s Wassit Province , on Sunday, was caused by an explosive charge blast targeted against a U.S. Army patrol, a Wassit police source said.   “An explosive charge, targeted against an American Army patrol, close to Kut’s Central Garage on Sunday,   had caused damage to the main street, fruit and vegetable shops and civilian cars in the area,” the security source told IraqiNews.com news agency.   An eyewitness said that one of the U.S. patrol’s cars was damaged due to the explosion, adding that the U.S. and Iraqi police had imposed a cordon around the venue of the blast, preventing media and civilians to get close to it.   The eyewitness told IraqiNews.com news agency that he saw ambulance cars driving a number of injured persons to al-Zahraa Hospital in Kut, whilst a medical source said that the blast did not cause any human casualties.   Kut, the center of Wassit Province , is 180 km to the southeast of Baghdad .   SKH (ST)