EFP damages U.S. vehicle patrol in Thi-Qar
THI-QAR / Aswat al-Iraq: A U.S. vehicle patrol was damaged on Monday by a bomb blast in Thi-Qar province, according to a security source.
A U.S. vehicle was damaged as an Explosively Formed Penetrator (EFP) was remotely detonated targeting a U.S. motorcade on the road linking between al-Masouriya region and Imam Ali airbase, southern Nassiriya, the source, who asked for anonymity, told Aswat al-Iraq news agency.
The road was closed for two hours to defuse two more EFP bombs at the same place, he added.
Nassiriya, the capital of Thi-Qar, is 380 km south of Baghdad.
Posted by: Steve White 2011-04-05 |