Bomb defused in eastern Samawa

MUTHANNA / IraqiNews.com: Anti-explosives squad on Thursday defused a bomb in eastern Samawa, according to a security source. “A team of anti-explosives squad, backed by U.S. troops, managed on Thursday (May 13) to defuse a bomb, planted on the main road that links Samawa with southern provinces,” the source told IraqiNews.com news agency. Samawa, the capital of Muthanna, lies 280 km south of Baghdad. SH (P)/SR 49