U.S. vehicle damaged in IED blast in Basra

BASRA / IraqiNews.com: A U.S. military vehicle was damaged in a roadside improvised explosive device (IED) blast in southern Basra on Monday, according to the province’s police information office. “An IED went off near a U.S. patrol in the area of al-Siba, (50 km) southern Basra, causing damage to one of the vehicles but no casualties were reported,” the office told IraqiNews.com news agency. This is the fourth time in two weeks a U.S. patrol comes under IED attacks. IraqiNews.com failed to contact the U.S. side for comments. The oil-rich port city of Basra lies 590 km south of the Iraqi capital Baghdad. AmR (P) 1