Powerful explosion aims U.S. Army patrol in Najaf:

NAJAF / IraqiNews.com: A powerful explosion, nature of which was not known, has aimed a U.S. Army patrol close to northwest Iraq‘s Shiite holy city of Najaf, according to eyewitnesses on Tuesday. “The explosion, nature of which was not known, has aimed a U.S. Army patrol, passing through the main highway of the so-called “Bahr al-Najaf” Desert, connecting the Shiite holy cities of Najaf and Karbala, with Iraq‘s southern provinces, on Tuesday,” the eyewitnesses told IraqiNews.com news agency. The eyewitnesses did not give any details about the nature of the attack or whether it had caused any human or material losses by the U.S. Army patrol. Najaf, the center of the province carrying the same name, is 160 kms to the south of Baghdad. KH (A) / SKH 174