Three US military police and two Iraqi policemen were killed when their patrol was attacked from the rooftops with rocket-propelled grenades and AK-47s in the Iraqi holy city of Kerbala, a US military spokesman said on Friday.

He said four US military police and five Iraqi police were wounded in the attack late on Thursday.

The deaths brought to 100 the number of US soldiers killed by hostile fire since President George W. Bush declared major combat over on May 1.

Occupying forces come under daily attack from anti-American guerrillas who Washington says are Saddam loyalists, criminals and foreign fighters.

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