Iraqi police say three Iraqi provincial officials have been found shot dead south of Baghdad.
The Associated Press says the officials, two council members and a governor's aide from Diyala province, were killed on Sunday while traveling to the southern city of Karbala. The report said the trio planned to attend the burial of a local mayor who was killed by gunmen Thursday.
Separately, the US military says an American soldier was killed and another wounded west of Baghdad, when their convoy came under attack today.