Civilian wounded by U.S. fire in Mosul

NINEWA / IraqiNews.com: One civilian on Wednesday was wounded by random U.S. fire in downtown Mosul, an incident denied by a U.S. army media adviser. “On Wednesday, a civilian was wounded by a U.S. patrol opened random fire in al-Sarjkhana area, downtown Mosul, in response to a hand grenade attack by a gunman,” a security source in Ninewa police told IraqiNews.com news agency. Speaking to IraqiNews.com news agency by phone, a media adviser for the U.S. forces, al-Muqdad Jibrael, denied the incident, saying that no U.S. patrol vehicle has opened fire in the concerned area. Mosul, the capital city of Ninewa province, lies 405 km north of Baghdad. SS (P)/SR 1