Grenade Attack in Baghdad Kills U.S. Soldier
Sun June 22, 2003 09:34 AM ET

BAGHDAD (Reuters) - A U.S. soldier was killed and another was wounded in a grenade attack on a military convoy south of Baghdad Sunday, the U.S. military said.

A U.S. statement said the two soldiers had been evacuated by road after the attack in Khan Azad, 20 km (12 miles) south of the capital. One was dead on arrival at hospital.

It was the latest in a spate of attacks on U.S. forces in which 19 soldiers have been killed since President Bush declared major combat in Iraq over on May 1.

The assault came less than a day after an Iraqi oil pipeline was set ablaze near the town of Hit, about 140 km (90 miles) northwest of Baghdad, by a late-night explosion blamed by an Iraqi Oil Ministry official on sabotage.

Two U.S. soldiers were wounded in the same area Saturday afternoon when their vehicle detonated a land mine.