IED wounds 5 persons in Baghdad

BAGHDAD / IraqiNews.com: Five persons were injured on Tuesday night in when an improvised explosive device (IED) went off in southern Baghdad, a police source said. “The bomb exploded in Kamb Sara region in southern Baghdad targeting a police vehicle patrol, injuring five persons, including three policemen,” the source told IraqiNews.com. He gave no further details. Baghdad is the capital of Iraq and Baghdad province. With a municipal population estimated at 7,000,000, it is the largest city in Iraq. It is the second largest city in the Arab world (after Cairo) and the second largest city in southwest Asia (after Tehran). Located on the Tigris River, the city dates back to at least the 8th century, and probably to pre-Islamic times. Once the center of Dar al-Islam (the abode of Islam), Baghdad has been a center of violent conflict since 2003 because of the ongoing Iraq war. Baghdad’s population is a mix of Sunnis and Shiites. It is mainly divided into two sides: the west (al-Karkh) and the east (al-Rasafa). SH (P)/SR 1