AMERICAN troops shot dead two staff from US-funded Iraqi TV station Al-Iraqiya yesterday and wounded another in the central city of Samaraa, the station said.

US troops shot dead two staff from US funded Iraqi TV station Al-Iraqiya today and wounded another in the central city of Samaraa, the station said.

UN arms inspectors conducted a private interview with an Iraqi scientist yesterday and scoured 13 suspect weapons sites across Iraq.