A ROADSIDE bomb killed three US soldiers south of Baghdad yesterday and coalition forces shot to death three insurgents in Samarra — the site of the bombing of a Shi’ite shrine in February that set off a wave of sectarian killings in Iraq.

A newspaper owned by a son of Saddam Hussein has sung the praises of Osama bin Laden - signalling a shift in the Iraqi Government’s attitude to the United States’ No 1 enemy.

Saddam Hussein’s second son Qusai has been elected to the ruling party’s leadership, significantly boosting his chances of succeeding his father.