Roadside bombs target two US military convoys in Iraq

Two US military and logistics convoys have been targeted by roadside bombs in Iraq, the latest in a series of explosions that hit US occupation forces amid anti-American sentiment in the country.

The first attack struck a convoy of the US-led coalition forces in the southern Iraqi Province of Qadisiyah late on Tuesday.

Iraq's Arabic-language al-Sumaria television network said the roadside bomb hit the group on al-Diwaniyah highway, killing one person and injuring two others.

The second attack was reported on a US relief and logistics convoy in al-Nabaei region, north of the Iraqi capital of Baghdad, that left two military personnel injured.

The bomb attacks came a day after an explosion targeted a US-led coalition convoy carrying logistic supplies north of Baghdad, the second such incident in three days.

A statement by the Iraqi military said the blast took place when the vehicles were getting out of the Taji Base and at the beginning of al-Shula highway, underlining that the explosion has had no casualties and just damaged one of the vehicles.

Over the weekend, a security member and a civilian were wounded in a roadside bomb explosion near a convoy of trucks belonging to the US-led coalition forces in the northwest of Baghdad.

Anti-US sentiments have been running high in Iraq since Washington assassinated top Iranian Commander Lt. Gen. Qassem Soleimani and the Second-in-Command of the Iraqi Popular Mobilization Units, Abu Mahdi al-Muhandis, in January.

Following the attack, Iraqi lawmakers unanimously approved a bill on January 5, demanding the withdrawal of all foreign troops.

The holy Iraqi city of Karbala was the scene of a march against the United States and its terrorist forces in the country on Monday, with the participants carrying pictures of the two anti-terror commanders.

The demonstrators condemned the acts of terrorism committed by the US in their country, chanting slogans such as “The US is the biggest devil”.

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