Two U.S. Soldiers Killed in Iraq Attacks

By SLOBODAN LEKIC
Associated Press Writer

BAGHDAD, Iraq (AP) -- Two U.S. soldiers were killed and four wounded in separate attacks Wednesday in the northern city of Mosul, the military said. American troops in another northern city arrested five Iraqi policemen and 24 others suspected of ties to insurgents.

Also Wednesday, the military said the emergency landing of a U.S. helicopter near Fallujah, west of Baghdad, was likely the result of ground fire by insurgents.

In the Mosul attacks, guerrillas fired on soldiers guarding a gasoline station, killing one and injuring another, said a spokesman for the U.S. Army's 101st Airborne Division.

A few hours later, guerrillas detonated a roadside bomb and opened fire on a U.S. military convoy, killing one soldier and wounding three others, the spokesman said on condition of anonymity.

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