Sunday, September 22, 2024

Baghdad

Four Army men injured in west Iraq’s Falluja blast

ANBAR / IraqiNews.com: Three Army soldiers and an officer, with a colonel rank, have been injured in an explosive charge blast against their patrol in western Iraq ’s city of Falluja , an Anbar police source said on Wednesday.   “An explosive charge, planted on the roadside in Falluja city, 60 km to the west of Ramadi, the center of Anbar Province, blew up against an Army patrol, wounding 4 of its members, among them an officer with a colonel rank, along with causing damage to their vehicle,” the police source told IraqiNews.com news agency.   He said that a joint Army and police force had began an inspection campaign to insure the main entrance to Falluja city, as a precautionary measure against possibility of other explosive charges that might blew up against citizens and security forces, while entering the city.   Ramadi, the center of west Iraq ’s Anbar Province , is 120 km to the west of Baghdad .   SKH (ST)     671