Baghdad, Jan 9, SPA -- At least five Iraqis, including twopolicemen and three civilians, were killed when U.S. troopsopened fire after their convoy was struck by a roadsidebomb at a checkpoint south of Baghdad, police said. The incident happened late Saturday near the policecheckpoint in Yussifiyah, 15 kilometers (9 Miles) south ofBaghdad, the Interior Ministry spokesman, Col. AdnanAbdul-Rahman, said. The U.S. military said it wasinvestigating the report.--SPA1141 Local Time 0841 GMT www.spa.gov.sa/231048
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