American, British soldiers killed

While fighting continues in north and west of Iraq, the American army announced on Sunday the killing of one American soldier in Samera, north of Baghdad. Two other soldiers were hit in the attack after which they were admitted to the health center of the coalition forces.

In Basra, south Iraq, the official spokesman for the British forces announced on Sunday the death of one British soldier and the injuring of other three in a bomb explosion targeting a vehicle for the British army south of the city.

Lt. Steven Harley, the spokesman for the British forces announced the "killing of one soldier and injuring of other three in a bomb explosion." He added "the injured people were admitted to the military base hospital in al-Shueiba, south Basra."

In Baqouba, north of Baghdad, one member of Deyali governorate council was injured and three of his guards were injured in a failed assassination attempt on Sunday morning. The attack on Majuid is one in the series of attacks against members of the governorate's council, the last of which was in June.

In Baghdad, one senior officer at the ministry of interior was injured in an armed attack west of Baghdad. One Iraqi security source said that Lt. Gen. Adnan Abdul Hamzeh who works in the ministry was seriously injured as a result of an attack by unidentified gunmen in al-Ghazaleyah quarters when he was on his way to work.