Explosive charge blows up against U.S. Army patrol in Babel

BABEL / IraqiNews.com: An explosive charge blew off against a U.S. Army patrol in western Iraq ’s Province of Babel on Tuesday, but losses were not known, a Babel security source said.   “An explosive charge, planted on the highway passing through northern Hilla, the center of Babel Province , blew off against a U.S. Army patrol on Tuesday,” the security source said.   He added that the American forces “began to shoot in the air,” and eyewitnesses said they saw columns of smoke coming out from the venue of the explosion.   Hilla, the center of Babel Province , is 100 km to the southwest of Baghdad .   SKH (PT) 807