U.S. Hummer vehicle destroyed

BABEL / IraqiNews.com: A U.S. Hummer vehicle burned down after an improvised explosive device (IED) went off near it in northern Babel province on Thursday, a police source said. “An IED went off Thursday while a U.S. convoy was passing in the area of al-Mashrou, (45 km) north of Hilla city, setting ablaze a Hummer vehicle,” the source told IraqiNews.com news agency. The source did not indicate whether there were casualties resulting from the blast as the U.S. forces cordoned off the scene. Hilla, the capital city of Babel, lies 100 km south of Baghdad. AmR (P) 1