Bomb attack targets US-coalition supply convoy in central Iraq

An improvised explosive device has targeted a convoy of trucks belonging to the US-led coalition in Iraq’s central province of Babil, but the blast did not cause any casualties or damage.

A security source, speaking on condition of anonymity, told Iraq’s Arabic-language al-Sumaria television network that the attack took place on the Babil international road on Sunday morning when the roadside bomb went off near a vehicle belonging to a convoy carrying logistics for the US-led forces.

No group has so far claimed responsibility.

The development came only two days after a driver was wounded when a roadside bomb exploded near a convoy of trucks belonging to the US-led coalition forces near the central-southern Iraqi city of al-Diwaniyah.

A brief statement from the Security Media Cell, affiliated with the country’s security forces, said the roadside bomb went off near a vehicle belonging to an Iraqi company contracted with the coalition troops.

Later in the day, a security source, who asked not to be named, told al-Sumaria television network that a convoy carrying logistics for US-led forces had been targeted on the international highway in the city of Samawah, located 280 kilometers (174 miles) southeast of the capital Baghdad.

Separately, two bomb attacks struck supply convoys for US-led forces in Babil and Dhi Qar provinces. There were no reports of damage or injuries though.

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