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BAGHDAD, Sept 18 (AFP) - A US convoy was hit by a roadside bomb on the main highway to the airport in southern Baghdad and another convoy targeted by a car bomb moments later, an AFP correspondent and witnesses said. The double attack took place shortly after 4:00 pm (1200 GMT) and the AFP reporter saw two vehicles on fire, apparently an explosives-laden civilian car and a US Humvee all-terrain vehicle which it rammed. The ramming took place on a fly-over. Black smoke was billowing in the sky and US troops sealed off the area. There was no immediate comment...

BAGHDAD, Iraq - Insurgents opened fire on a U.S. military convoy south of Baghdad on Saturday, apparently causing some U.S. casualties, witnesses said. Coalition officials in the capital were unaware of the reoprted attack, which occurred in the al-Haswa area, 25 miles south of Baghdad. Iraqis opposed to the U.S. occupation make daily attacks against coalition troops in Iraq. Since the war began March 20, 546 American service members have died. Most of the deaths have occurred after President Bush declared an end to active combat on May 1.