Six US soldiers were injured today when their truck hit a mine west of Baghdad, and two others were hurt in separate ambushes in the capital.

Two US soldiers missing for days from a checkpost have been found dead north of the capital, a senior US army officer said.

An American soldier was killed and four others were injured when attackers opened fire on a US convoy in a Baghdad street, the US military said today.

ATTACKS on Allied forces in Iraq continued yesterday and, with shattered glass, blood stains and mangled vehicles littering the landscape, there is growing concern that the occupation could be turning into a fully fledged guerrilla war.

Attacks on Allied forces in Iraq continued today and, with shattered glass, blood stains and mangled vehicles littering the landscape, there is growing concern that the occupation could be turning into a fully fledged guerrilla war.