Truck, loaded with rocket-launchers, uncovered in Wassit

WASSIT / IraqiNews.com: A police patrol has discovered a truck, loaded with rocket-launchers, in southern Iraq ’s Wassit Province on Saturday, a Wassit Police source reported.   “A police patrol had discovered a truck, loaded with 5 rocket-launchers in Badra township, 90 km to the east of Kut, the center of Wassit Province on Saturday night,” the police source told IraqiNews.com.   He said that police reports had discovered that the said rocket-launchers were used three days ago in launching 3 rockets on the Shaker Military base, used by the U.S. forces in Badra city.   Noteworthy is that the Shaker Military Base, 90 km to the east of Kut, used as a base for the U.S. forces, had been target for a 3 Katusha rockets attack on Wednesday, June 29, 2011, but the losses were not known.   Kut, the center of Wassit Province , is 180 km to the southeast of Baghdad .   SKH (IT)   682