BAGHDAD, Iraq - Iraqi guerrillas broke a period of relative calm Monday, striking at an American patrol in Baghdad with explosives as soldiers were driving out of a tunnel in the center of the city. Two soldiers were wounded, the military said.
The attack damaged two Humvees, one of which turned over and caught fire, according to a military spokesman.
Sunday afternoon the new military spokesman, Lt. Col. George Krivo, said the U.S. military had completed a 24-hour period in which no American soldiers had been killed or wounded.
Before dawn Monday, more than 100 U.S. troops stormed houses in Saddam Hussein (news - web sites)'s hometown of Tikrit, searching for Saddam loyalists accused of financing or coordinating attacks on American soldiers. Four wanted men were arrested, the military said.
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