U.S. Army patrol attacked Wassit, south Iraq

WASSIT / IraqiNews.com – An explosive charge blew off against a U.S. Army patrol north of Kut city, the center of southern Iraq ’s Wassit Province on Wednesday, a police source said.   “An explosive charge blew off on Wednesday afternoon against a U.S. Army patrol in al-Numaniya township, 40 kms to the north of Kut, but losses were not known,” the source told IraqiNews.com news agency.   He said the U.S. forces opened random fire and imposed a security cordon on the area of the attack, shortly after the incident.   Kut, the center of Wassit Province , is 180 kms to the southeast of Baghdad .   PT / SKH   991