Baghdad, Sept 21, SPA -- Roadside bombs exploded near threeU.S. convoys in and around Baghdad on Wednesday, woundingtwo soldiers, an official said. The attacks came one dayafter the death toll for U.S. forces in the Iraq war roseto more than 1,900 since the invasion. In the southern city of Basra, two Iraqi citizens who werewounded in clashes between British forces and Iraqi policedied in a hospital Wednesday, raising the civilian deathtoll to five, police said. The fighting occurred Mondaywhen British forces stormed a Basra jail to free twoBritish soldiers who had been arrested by Basra police, according to a report of The Associated Press.--SPA1246 Local Time 0946 GMT www.spa.gov.sa/290864
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