Car bomb blast targets U.S. patrol near Mosul

NINEWA / IraqiNews.com: A car bomb blast targeted a U.S. patrol northwest of Mosul city on Saturday, a security source in Ninewa said. “A car bomb went off near a U.S. forces’ patrol in the village of Tal Sameer, Rubaiaa district, northwest of Mosul, but left no civilian casualties,” the source told Iraqi News. “The patrol belonged to a U.S. reconstruction team,” the source added. Aswat al-Iraq failed to contact the U.S. side for comments. Mosul, the capital city of the volatile province of Ninewa, lies 405 km north of Baghdad. AmR (P) 1