Bomb defused in Muthanna health department

MUTHANNA / IraqiNews.com: Police forces on Thursday managed to defuse an anti-shields bomb found inside the Muthanna health department, a police source said. “Anti-bomb squads defused an explosive charge placed in the Muthanna health department near the office of the director,” the source told IraqiNews.com. Muthanna, 280 km south of Baghdad , is bordering Saudi Arabia . Its capital is Samawa. It was the first Iraqi province where security responsibilities were transferred from the Multi-National Force (MNF) to the Iraqis. On July 13, 2006 British, Australian, and Japanese forces handed over security responsibility for Muthanna province to Iraqi forces. Prior to 1976 it was part of the al-Diwaniya province. It also includes the ancient Sumerian ruin of Uruk, which is possibly the source of the name Iraq . SH (P) 1