Car bomb blast rocks central Mosul, casualties reported

NINEWA / IraqiNews.com: A car rigged with explosives driven by a suicide bomber went off near a U.S. patrol in central Mosul city, reportedly leaving an unidentified number of casualties, a Ninewa police source said on Sunday. “A suicide bomber blew up his explosive vehicle near a U.S. army patrol in the area of al-Dawasa, central Mosul,” the source told IraqiNews.com news agency. “The casualties have not yet been counted,” he said. Mosul, the capital city of Ninewa province, lies 405 km north of Baghdad. AmR (P)/SR 1