Iraqi guard wounded in bomb attack targeting US convoy

An Iraqi security guard has sustained injuries after a roadside bomb exploded near a convoy of trucks carrying logistics belonging to the US terrorist forces in Iraq’s central province of al-Qadisiyah.

The Arabic-language al-Sumaria television network, citing an unnamed police source, reported that the attack took place in the evening when a roadside bomb went off as the trucks were traveling along al-Diwaniyah highway.

The report added that the blast damaged a vehicle and wounded an Iraqi guard.

No group has claimed responsibility for the attack yet.

The roadside bomb attack is the latest in a series of explosions that have targeted US occupation forces over the past few months.

On Wednesday, a roadside bomb exploded in the southern Iraqi city of Nasiriyah, located about 360 km southeast of the capital Baghdad, targeting a US-led coalition's logistics convoy. The blast did not leave any injuries.

An explosion occurred two days earlier in al-Rasheed district of the southern Baghdad neighborhood of Yusufiya when a roadside bomb exploded near a vehicle belonging to the US-led military coalition. The attack resulted in the injury of a police officer.

Currently, there are approximately 2,500 American troops in Iraq.

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