Pakistani driver wounded as bomb explodes in Nassiriya

THI-QAR / IraqiNews.com: A Pakistani driver was wounded on Tuesday by a roadside bomb blast in south of Nassiriya city, according to a police statement. “An Explosively Formed Penetrator (EFP) went off on Tuesday (March 1) targeting a U.S. convoy on the road linking between Thi-Qar and Basra in Abada river region, south of Nassiriya, injuring a Pakistani driver,” said the statement received by IraqiNews.com news agency. Nassiriya, the capital of Thi-Qar, is 380 km south of Baghdad. SH (TP) 832