Meanwhile, the U.S. military confirmed two car bombs hadexploded in Samarra, wounding five Iraqi security forces,but it was unclear if they were referring to the sameincidents Four soldiers from an Iraqi police battalion were woundedwhen a car bomb detonated near a coalition patrol inSamarra at 10 a.m. (0700GMT), the military said. There wereno reports of any coalition casualties. At 9:30 a.m. (0630GMT), an Iraqi National Guard soldieridentified a car bomb and destroyed the vehicle, whichappeared to have been a stolen police car. One Iraqisoldier was wounded in the blast, the military said.--SPA1223 Local Time 0923 GMT www.spa.gov.sa/215682