A roadside bomb targeted a US patrol in the southern Iraqi city of Najaf on Saturday, according to an Iraqi security official and the American military

A roadside bomb targeted a US patrol in the southern Iraqi city of Najaf on Saturday, according to an Iraqi security official and the American military. There were no immediate reports of casualties.
  
"An improvised bomb targeted a US patrol in Najaf around noon today," an Iraqi security official told AFP, without giving further details. The US military said: "We can confirm that there was an IED (improvised explosive device) attack targeting US forces in Najaf. We have no reporting of casualties at this time."
  
Two US occupation soldiers were killed in a January 3 attack in central Iraq, in what were the first American casualties of this year. Those deaths raised to 4,432 the number of American soldiers who have died in Iraq since 2003.