Four Iraqis killed in Musil; Baghdad: American soldier killed

A spokeswoman for the American occupation army said that one soldier from the first troops contingent was killed and another wounded yesterday when a bomb went off on the road to the north of Baghdad.

The spokeswoman said that the two soldiers were in a convoy of four cars running to the south east of Baqouba town, situated 65 Km to the north of Baghdad, when it blew up at 9.30 a.m., adding that the status of the wounded is stable. Thereby the number of the Iraqi soldiers killed in operations in Iraq since the invasion increased to 380 soldiers and to 265 of American soldiers who were killed after the American president announced the end of the major part of the military operation on the first of May 2003.

On the other hand, the press officer in the police directorate in Musil said that three Iraqis were killed and other five were wounded on Monday when unidentified persons attacked a police patrol to the north of the city.

He added that " seven Iraqis including two police men and three employees were wounded on Tuesday when one persons threw a mortar at the building of the municipality department in Bab al-Toub area in the downtown of Musil." He added that the attack took place when an American patrol was in the area." Meantime, one Iraqi witness said that one Iraqi was killed by the bullets of the American occupation forces at a nearby point close to the al-Habaneyah city, 30 Km to the east of al-Falouja.