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US Investigates Whether Saddam's Sons Killed

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US military officials said they were investigating whether Saddam's two sons, Uday and Qusay, were among the killed in a raid in northern Iraq Tuesday against a suspected hideout of high-ranking members of Saddam Hussein's regime.

Four Iraqi gunmen were killed in the raid which sparked a shootout between members of the 101st Airborne Division and Iraqi gunmen inside a house in the northern city of Mosul, but their identities were unknown, the officials said on condition of anonymity.

The United States has put both Uday and Qusay among the most wanted Iraqis' list and has offered a 25 million dollars reward for information leading to Saddam's capture and a 15 million dollars bounty for each of Saddam's two sons.

The stone, columned house, which belonged to a cousin of Saddam who was a key tribal leader in the region, was left charred, smoldering and partially collapsed after the firefight, officials said.

Also Tuesday, one more US soldier was killed and another injured in an attack by Iraqis north of Baghdad, bringing to 153 the number of US troops killed in action since the war started on March 20. The number has surpassed the death toll of US soldiers during the 1991 Gulf war.

US Central Command in Tampa, Florida said the Iraqi attackers used rocket-propelled grenades and small arms in the ambush staged along the north road to Baghdad.

US military said 13 attacks on American soldiers occurred on average each day, resulting in almost daily deaths of American troops.

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