Sunday 23 January 2005, 11:54 Makka Time, 8:54 GMT
According to a US army officer, a American soldier was killed in Mosul in a gunbattle on Sunday.
"One soldier was killed in a firefight. He was shot by insurgents," said Lieutenant Colonel Michael Kurilla.
Also on Sunday, six Iraqi soldiers were wounded as a car bomb exploded close to an army checkpoint nearby the Polish military base in the city of Hilla, as reported by Al-Jazeera.
Meanwhile some fighters attacked the al-Jazira police headquarters of Ramadi city and took possession of weapons and equipment, forcing everyone to leave and threatening to kill if they come back.
This can be considered a clear proof of their desire to stop every attempts to form a government in Iraq.
Il Romanaccio at 11:57 AM