Two U.S. Soldiers Wounded, Iraqis Flock to Flashpoint

TIKRIT, Iraq (Reuters) - Guerrillas firing grenades wounded two U.S. soldiers and three Iraqi civilians in central Iraq (news - web sites) on Friday, while thousands of Shi'ite Muslims gathered for prayers at a flashpoint in a Baghdad suburb.

Chanting "Yes for Islam," more than 3,000 worshippers flocked to a street in Sadr City, where U.S. forces shot dead one Iraqi dead and wounded four during a protest earlier in the week.

In the latest guerrilla attack in Sunni Muslim central Iraq, U.S. officers said two rocket-propelled grenades were fired at a small military convoy near the restive town of Balad, north of Baghdad on Friday morning.

"The Iraqis were treated at the scene and released while the soldiers were medevaced to a field hospital and are in stable condition," said Lieutenant Colonel William MacDonald, spokesman for the 4th Infantry Division. "We have not yet captured the attackers."

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