Soldier killed in Mosul

NINEWA / IraqiNews.com: Security sources said today that a soldier was killed by an attack against a military checkpoint east of Mosul. “An unknown group attacked this afternoon a military checkpoint east of the city that led to killing one of the soldiers in the post,” the source told IraqiNews.com. The culprits fled the crime scene and other details were given. Mosul, the center of Ninewa province, lies 405 km north of the capital, Baghdad. RM (TP)/SR 169