Roadside bomb attacks on US troops

Insurgents launched new attacks against US occupation troops today as the United States was reported ready to make major changes in its blueprint for handing over power to a new Iraqi government.

In the latest attacks, a roadside bomb exploded near a US patrol today in Khaldiyah, a Sunni Triangle town about 50 miles west of Baghdad. Witnesses said US troops sealed off the area, and there was no word on casualties.