U.S. Army patrol attacked in Kut, south Iraq

WASSIT / IraqiNews.com: An explosive charge blew off against a U.S. Army patrol in southern Iraq ’s Kut city on Monday, but losses were not known, a Wassit security source said.   “An explosive charge blew off in southern Iraq ’s Kut’s main street against an American Army patrol early on Monday,” the security source told IraqiNews.com news agency.   He said the U.S. forces have imposed a cordon around the venue of the blast, preventing people to approach the place, whilst Iraqi police forces closed all the roads leading to the area.   On its part, IraqiNews.com tried to reach the American side, but failed.   Kut had witnessed several attacks on U.S. Army patrols during the current month of May, one of them causing damage to an U.S. Army vehicle and another wounding a civilian woman and her daughter that were close to the venue of one of the attacks.   Kut, the center of Wassit Province , is 180 km to the southeast of Baghdad .   SKH (IT)