Over 50 mortars found near Kirkuk

KIRKUK / IraqiNews.com: More than 50 mortar shells on Tuesday were found in Kirkuk province, according to a local police source. “The shells, which belong to the former Iraqi regime, were discovered in al-Ton Kobri district (35 km north of Kirkuk city),” Brig. Sarhad Qadir told IraqiNews.com news agency. Kirkuk, an oil-rich and mixed city of Kurds, Turkmen, Christians and Arabs, lies 250 km north of the Iraqi capital Baghdad. SS (P) 1