Car bomb defused in Babel

BABEL / IraqiNews.com: Police forces on Saturday defused a booby-trapped car bomb in northern Babel province, according to a local security source. “A car bomb carrying six Katyusha rockets and an Iranian-made explosive device was found at an orchard in al-Maseeb district (45 km north of Hilla),” a source from the Criminal Investigations Department told Iraqi News. “The car bomb has been safely defused,” the source noted. Hilla, the capital city of Babel province, lies 100 km south of Baghdad. SS (P) 1