U.S. Army patrol under bomb attack in Kirkuk

KIRKUK / IraqiNews.com: A U.S. Army patrol has become target for a hand-grenade attack southwest of northern Iraq ’s oil-rich city of Kirkuk on Friday night, a Kirkuk police source reported on Saturday.   “A group of unknown gunmen have tossed a hand-grenade on a U.S. Army patrol at 11:30 pm local time on Friday night (08:30 PM GMT), at the Celebrations Square southwest of Kirkuk,” setting fire to one of its vehicles, but causing no human casualties,” the police source told IraqiNews.com news agency.   He said the police forces have imposed a security cordon around the venue of the attack, giving no further details.   The oil-rich city of Kirkuk is 280 km to the northeast of the Iraqi capital of Baghdad .   SKH (ST)   4509