2 cops wounded while defusing bomb

DIALA / IraqiNews.com: Two Iraqi policemen on Wednesday were wounded while trying to defuse an explosive charge in a Diala neighborhood, according to a local security source. “One of the cops is an explosives disposal expert,” the source told IraqiNews.com. “The wounded were taken to a nearby hospital for treatment,” the source noted, adding that the improvised explosive device (IED) went off in al-Hurriya neighborhood, downtown Saadiya district (155 km northeast of Baaquba). Baaquba, the capital city of Diala province, lies 57 km northeast of Baghdad. SS (P) 1