Chitaya Mashan Madloum balances a basket of rice, cooking oil and other foodstuffs on her shoulder as she pushes through the crowd at a local market in Basra , 550 kilometers (340 miles) southeast of Baghdad, Iraq, on Wednesday, June 11, 2008. People in Iraq’s second-largest city are happy with newfound security after a U.S.-backed Iraqi military operation but complain that the Iraqi government has failed to follow through with promises to improve basic services. (AP Photo/kim Gamel)AP - An American soldier was killed and five others wounded Monday when they came under fire southeast of Baghdad, the U.S. military said. Witnesses and local police said the Americans were ambushed after a meeting with Iraqi municipal officials.
