Baghdad blast wounds 4 civilians

BAGHDAD, Sept. 21 (Iraqi News) – Four civilians on Sunday were wounded in an explosive charge attack that occurred in western Baghdad, an Iraqi police source said. “Today, an improvised explosive device (IED) planted by unknown men on al-Kindi Street, al-Harithiya neighborhood, in western Baghdad, went off, wounding four civilians,” the source, who requested anonymity, told IraqiNews.com ­- Voices of Iraq – (Iraqi News). “Security forces sealed off the area of the blast and ambulances rushed the wounded to a nearby hospital,” the source noted, providing no further details. Baghdad is the capital of Iraq and Baghdad province. With a municipal population estimated at 7,000,000, it is the largest city in Iraq. It is the second largest city in the Arab world (after Cairo) and the second largest city in southwest Asia (after Tehran). Located on the Tigris River, the city dates back to at least the 8 th century, and probably to pre-Islamic times. Once the center of Dar al-Islam (the abode of Islam), Baghdad has been a center of violent conflict since 2003 because of the ongoing Iraq war. Baghdad’s population is a mix of Sunnis and Shiites. It is mainly divided into two sides: the west (al-Karkh) and the east (al-Rasafa).   SS (S) 1