IRAQI RESISTANCE

AFP: US Soldier killed, Two Wounded In Iraq
One US soldier was killed and two wounded today when a military convoy was hit by a roadside bomb near the western Iraqi town of Ramadi, a US military spokesman said.

An improvised explosive device of the sort favoured by anti-US insurgents blew up as the convoy passed by east of the town between 2.30 and 3.30pm local time, the spokesman said.

"There was one killed in action and two wounded."

MSNBC: Blasts shake Iraq’s oil ministry
Explosions shook Iraq’s oil ministry on Friday morning, witnesses said, and thick black smoke poured from the heavily guarded compound. The attack occured minutes after at least three rockets were fired into the Palestine and Sheraton hotels in downtown Baghdad where many U.S. workers and foreign journalists are staying.