Baghdad, Dec 23, SPA -- A U.S. soldier was killed and twowere wounded when a roadside bomb exploded Thursday inwestern Baghdad, the U.S. command said. The attack occurred at 8:00 a.m. and the victims weremembers of the U.S. Army's Task Force Baghdad, which is incharge of security in the Iraqi capital. The U.S. command statement did not give further details. The death raises the number of U.S. troops who have diedsince the start of the war in March 2003 to at least 1,322members, according to an unofficial count by The AssociatedPress.--SPA1449 Local Time 1149 GMT www.spa.gov.sa/227080