9 wounded in 2 IED blasts in Baghdad

BAGHDAD / IraqiNews.com: Two improvised explosive devices went off on Friday, leaving nine persons, including security forces and sahwa (awakening) fighters, wounded in two separate incidents in Baghdad, an informed security source said. “An IED went off near a joint checkpoint of Iraqi policemen and pro-government sahwa fighters in al-Tarimiya area, northern Baghdad, leaving one policeman, two sahwa fighter and four civilians near the blast site wounded,” the source told IraqiNews.com news agency. “The explosion also left two vehicles destroyed and caused other material losses,” he added. Another well-placed source said two Iraqi army soldiers were wounded in an IED blast that targeted an Iraqi army patrol near Sheikh Dari mosque in the area of Abu Ghraib, western Baghdad. “The attack left damage to a number of patrol vehicles,” he said, not giving more details about the nature of the two soldiers’ injuries. AmR (P) 2