WASHINGTON.— "He lied to all of us," said John Kerry, Democrat senator for the state of Massachusetts, referring to President George W. Bush and his claim that Iraq possessed weapons of mass destruction, reported ANSA.

Kerry, who is hoping to secure the Democratic candidature for the 2004 presidential elections, said that Bush had lied to everyone and that was one of the reasons why he intends to run for president.

The senator affirmed in New Hampshire that he believed it was right to make President Bush responsible if he and his government have lied to everyone. He also called into question specific elements of the intelligence information presented by the government prior to the war in Iraq and added that he was favor of investigating the issue in Congress.

Kerry – a veteran of the war in Viet Nam – was highly critical of Bush’s foreign policy last April when the war began, and had declared that a regime change was needed in Washington as well as Baghdad.

BEIRUT, June 19.— At least one U.S. soldier died during and two others were injured in an attack by a self-guided missile in Baghdad today, according to a report by a military spokesperson to Libyan radio, revealed PL.

However, the Arab satellite television station Al Jazeera in Qatar reported that three died during the attack carried out by unknown forces.

What coincides in both versions of the event is that a military convoy patrolling a neighborhood in the Iraqi capital was attacked by missiles.

According to an eyewitness at the scene, the column was separated and three bodies lying on the street were immediately removed. Meanwhile, film footage showed the military vehicle in flames.

It was also reported by radio stations in the Persian Gulf that a U.S. military base was attacked with mortar fire in the district of Samarra by alleged Iraqi resistance fighters.

According to details from the U.S. army, the operation in the village in northern Iraq caused the death of one Iraqi and a further 12 were injured by an 82- millimeter.