IED kills, wounds chieftains near Mosul

NINEWA / IraqiNews.com: Three tribal leaders were killed or wounded when a sticky improvised explosive device (IED) targeted their vehicle in Sinjar district near Mosul city, the district’s mayor said on Saturday. “Today, two leaders of Zubayd al-Arabiya tribes in al-Biaaj were killed and a third one was wounded when a sticky explosive charge targeted their vehicle in Sinjar district (120 km west of Mosul),” Dakheel Qassem Hassoun told IraqiNews.com news agency. “The chieftains came to the district to accomplish some tasks,” the mayor added. Mosul, the capital city of Ninewa province, lies 405 km north of Baghdad. SS (P) 1