IED kills soldier in Mosul

NINEWA / IraqiNews.com: An improvised explosive device blast killed an Iraqi soldier in eastern Mosul city on Thursday, according to a source in the Iraqi army’s 2nd Division information department. “A Division soldier was killed on Thursday evening after an IED went off near his patrol in al-Jaza’er neighborhood, eastern Mosul,” the source told IraqiNews.com news agency. “A military vehicle was destroyed in the explosion,” the source added, not giving further information. Meanwhile, the source noted that a Division force defused an IED planted on the main road at Badosh dam area, western Mosul. Mosul, the capital city of Ninewa, lies 405 km north of Baghdad. AmR (P) 1