Iraqi army defuses rocket, bomb in Mosul

NINEWA / IraqiNews.com: Iraqi army forces on Monday defused a Katyusha rocket and an explosive charge in two separate incidents in Mosul, a military source said. “A force from the 3rd brigade of the Iraqi army managed to foil an attack by a Katyusha rocket in al-Muthana neighborhood in northeastern Mosul,” the source told IraqiNews.com news agency. “The force seized a launch pad with a Katyusha rocket ready to be launched,” he explained, “It also defused a bomb in al-Jameaa neighborhood in northern Mosul, without causing any casualties,” he added. Mosul, the capital of Ninewa, lies 405 km north of Baghdad.   SH (P)/SR 1