Army forces ban Falluja delegation from entering Mosul

NINEWA / IraqiNews.com: An army force prevented on Monday a delegation from Falluja from entering Mosul to take part in the sits-in, according to a security source. “Iraqi army prevented on Monday evening chieftains and public figures in Falluja from entering Mosul to attend the sits-in in al-Ahrar square, running for the 10th consecutive day,” the source told IraqiNews.com news agency. “The delegation contains a bus carrying 40 persons and four vehicles. The vehicles entered the city but the bus was prevented at a checkpoint in Hamam al-Alil district, south of Mosul,” the source added. Mosul, the capital of Ninewa, lies 405 km north of Baghdad. SH (TP) 137