Soldier wounded in IED blast in Mosul

NINEWA / IraqiNews.com: An Iraqi soldier was wounded when an improvised explosive device (IED) went off near his patrol in northeastern Mosul city on Monday, a military source said. “An IED exploded near an Iraqi army patrol in al-Bakr neighborhood, northeastern Mosul, leaving one soldier wounded,” the source told IraqiNews.com news agency, not giving further details. Mosul, the capital city of Ninewa province, lies 405 km north of Baghdad.   AmR (P)/SR 1