A bomb exploded today in a U.S. military patrol north of the city of Karbala south of Baghdad. Police said a home-made bomb exploded in the U.S. convoy as it passed in the street Alattishi in Abu Sulaiman area, north of Karbala, causing material losses only. In another incident four civilians wounded when a roadside bomb planted near the Oil Products Distribution Company (SADOP), east of Baghdad.