IS deploys 9 car bombs in path of Iraqi troops
BARTELLA -- An officer in Iraq's special forces says ISIS militants deployed nine suicide car bombs as troops advanced to the town of Bartella outside the ISIS-held northern city of Mosul.
Lt. Col. Muntadhar al-Shimmari told The Associated Press on Thursday that one bomb hit a Humvee and that eight others were detonated by troops before they could reach their targets.
Al-Shimmari didn't give a casualty figure, but another officer said five soldiers were wounded. The officer spoke on condition of anonymity because he was not authorized to release information.
