13 killed, wounded in Babel explosion

BABEL / IraqiNews.com: Three persons were killed and 10 others were wounded when an explosive charge detonated on a main road near Babel’s Hilla city, a local security source said on Saturday. “An Iraqi army major and two Sahwa members were killed, and 10 others, including five soldiers, were wounded while they were trying to defuse an improvised explosive device (IEDs) in al-Bahbahani area (60 km northwest of Hilla city),” the source told IraqiNews.com. Hilla, the capital city of Babel province, lies 100 km south of Baghdad. SS (P) 1