IED targets U.S. forces, wounds 4 cops in Thi-Qar

THI-QAR / IraqiNews.com: Four policemen were wounded on Monday in a bomb blast that targeted a joint Iraqi-U.S. convoy in northern Nassiriya, a well-informed source said. “The bomb exploded near a police vehicle which was backing a convoy of the logistic support of the U.S. troops,” the source told IraqiNews.com news agency. “Four cops were wounded in the explosion,” he added. “The blast took place at the northern inlet of Nassiriya city and caused a material damage to a U.S. vehicle,” he noted, Nassiriya, the capital of Thi-Qar, lies 390 km south of Baghdad. SH (P)/SR 1