2 Iraqi soldiers wounded in Saadiya blast

DIALA / IraqiNews.com: Two Iraqi army soldiers were wounded when an improvised explosive device (IED) went off in central al-Saadiya district, Diala province, on Saturday, a local security source said. “An IED went off near an Iraqi army patrol in central Saadiya, (35 km) south of Khanaqin district, leaving two soldiers injured,” the source told IraqiNews.com news agency. Khanaqin, 155 km northeast of Baaquba, is one of the areas subject to dispute between the Baghdad central government and the semi-autonomous Iraqi Kurdistan region. Baaquba, the capital city of Diala province, lies 57 km northeast of Baghdad. AmR (P) 2