IED hits U.S. patrol in Kirkuk

KIRKUK / IraqiNews.com: An improvised explosive device (IED) on Monday went off near a U.S. patrol vehilce in southern Kirkuk, causing no casualties, according to an informed source. “The blast targeted an MNF patrol on Kirkuk-Daqooq road near al-Sumoud village (35 km south of Kirkuk),” a source from the Joint Coordination Center told Iraqi News. The explosion caused damage to the vehicle, the source added. There has been no word on casualties. Kirkuk, an oil-rich and mixed city of Kurds, Turkmen, Christians and Arabs, lies 250 km northeast of Baghdad. SS (P) 1