Seven U.S. Troops Injured in Iraq Attacks

BAGHDAD, Iraq - Insurgents dropped a homemade bomb from a bridge onto a passing U.S. military convoy in Baghdad on Tuesday, while another military vehicle struck a land mine in the capital. At least seven U.S. troops were injured in those and other attacks throughout the country, the military said.

The U.S.-led provisional authority on Tuesday announced a $2,500 reward for information leading to the arrest of anyone responsible for the killing of a member of coalition forces or the Iraqi police, part of measures to stem a deepening insurgency that has brought near hourly attacks on U.S. troops.

Two soldiers were injured in the bridge attack, and two others when the military vehicle struck a land mine, said Sgt. Patrick Compton. In Kirkuk, 175 miles north of the capital, assailants fired a rocket-propelled grenade at a military convoy, injuring three servicemen. The patrol returned fire, but there was no word of Iraqi casualties or arrests.

In other violence, witnesses said three Iraqis — including a 13-year-old boy — were killed following a grenade attack on a police station in a Baghdad suburb. Witnesses told Associated Press Television News that those killed when troops returned fire were not among those who attacked the police station.

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