3 sahwa fighters wounded in Diala blast

DIALA / IraqiNews.com: Three sahwa (awakening) tribal pro-government fighters were wounded in a blast from an improvised explosive device (IED) west of Baaquba city on Friday, an official security source in Diala said. “An IED planted in waste dumps in al-Katoun neighborhood, (3 km) west of Baaquba, went off near a sahwa checkpoint, leaving three fighters wounded,” the source told IraqiNews.com news agency. Four civilians had been wounded on Thursday when an IED emplaced amidst garbage dumps in Djerf al-Malah neighborhood, central Baaquba, went off. Baaquba, the capital city of the volatile province of Diala, lies 57 km northeast of Baghdad. AmR (P) 3