2 bombs found in Huweija

KIRKUK / IraqiNews.com: Joint security forces in Kirkuk found two explosive devices in Huweija district, southwest of Kirkuk, an informed source said on Wednesday. “At 02:45 p.m. today, Huweija police personnel and the Multi-National Force (MNF) found an explosive charge near al-Ajyal School, Huweija district (65 km southwest of Kirkuk),” the source told IraqiNews.com news agency. “At 03:00 p.m., Sahwa forces found another explosive device near Waqood al-Sakhr gas station,” the source noted. The first device was safely detonated, while the second was dismantled and handed over to army forces, the source added. Kirkuk, an oil-rich and mixed city of Kurds, Turkmen, Christians and Arabs, lies 250 km northeast of the Iraqi capital Baghdad. SS (P)/SR 1