May 27, 2003	Tuesday	Rabi-ul-Awwal 24,1424

BAGHDAD, May 26: One US soldier was killed and four were wounded in ambushes in Iraq on Monday, the US military said.

Gunmen fired machineguns and rocket-propelled grenades at a convoy of the Third Armored Cavalry Regiment near Haditha, 180kms northwest of Baghdad, a statement said.

Hours later, an explosion ripped through a US military convoy on the outskirts of Baghdad, wounding three soldiers and destroying their Humvee military car.

“They deserved it and they deserve more. They are occupiers, not liberators,” said Ali Abbas, a resident of the Amiriyah area in western Baghdad.

The US military reported two other attacks on Monday.

On Sunday, a US soldier was killed and another injured in an explosion at a facility containing Iraqi ammunition south of Baghdad.—Reuters