URGENT / Blast in Mosul, casualties reported

NINEWA / IraqiNews.com: A blast ripped through western Mosul city on Monday, leaving an unidentified number of casualties, a police source said. “A blast, probably a car bomb, took place today in the New Mosul area, in the western part of the city, leaving a number of people killed or wounded,” the source told IraqiNews.com. Mosul, the capital city of Ninewa province, lies 405 km north of Baghdad. AmR (P) 1