Six US soldiers wounded, at least two Iraqis killed by US fire

<snip>He also said three US soldiers were wounded in separate attacks around Tikrit, where the 4th ID is scouring the countryside in a bid to disable the support network of Saddam and hopefully find the ousted president himself.

Two were hospitalised after roadside bomb attacks, and a third was wounded by a mortar round, but returned to duty.

Sixty kilometres (40 miles) to the west of Baghdad, at least three US soldiers were wounded Friday when a roadside blast hit two US all-terrain Humvees by al-Amariya, witnesses said.

A powerful explosion shook the road at 10:00 am (0600 GMT), flipping over one of the vehicles, said farmer Sami Abed al-Issawi.

US troops immediately arrived at the scene, while a helicopter evacuated three wounded soldiers, he said.

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