Two ex-generals seized in Iraq - US military

The US military says American paratroopers have captured two former Iraqi army generals in Fallujah.

The US military says American paratroopers have captured two former Iraqi army generals in Fallujah.

The military said they were suspected of financing and organising anti-coalition fighters west of Baghdad.

Rebels in the northern Iraqi city of Mosul attacked three American military convoys with rocket-propelled grenades and roadside bombs yesterday, killing three Iraqi civilians and wounding five Americans.

One soldier also died of wounds from a "non-hostile gunshot" at a checkpoint in Baghdad.

In one of the Mosul attacks, an Iraqi teenager was killed in a grenade blast near City Hall. Two Iraqis and one US soldier were wounded. Hospitals reported 10 Iraqis were wounded.

In another incident, two Iraqi civilians died in Mosul when a rocket-propelled round struck their car after apparently missing a military convoy. A US Army explosives disposal specialist was wounded.

Late yesterday, two American soldiers were injured in a rocket-propelled grenade attack. Another was wounded when an improvised explosive device exploded in his convoy.

PA

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