Bombing attempt foiled in Basra

BASRA / IraqiNews.com: Security forces in Basra managed to thwart a bombing attempt on Friday as gunmen tried to use an insane person to carry out the attack with an explosive belt. “The attack planners were targeting Shiite pilgrims in Basra,” Gen. Adil Daham, the Basra police commander, told IraqiNews.com news agency. He said that the mentally-ill person is in his 30s. The oil-rich port city of Basra lies 590 km south of the Iraqi capital Baghdad. MH (P)/AmR 1