Baghdad ? Scattered protests about fuel shortages and power cuts caused by intense heat erupted in the southern city of Basra for a second day Sunday, and an American soldier died of heat stroke as temperatures crept higher than 120.

Also Sunday, attacks on U.S. forces in Baghdad and Saddam Hussein’s hometown of Tikrit wounded four American soldiers, and another American soldier died in his bed, the military said. A journalist for an Arab satellite station also was reported wounded.

In Basra, an Associated Press Television News cameraman saw a protester shot and killed Sunday after an angry crowd surrounded a group of vehicles. It was unclear who was in the cars or who fired the shots.

About 1,000 residents burned tires and hurled rocks and bricks at British soldiers on Saturday, complaining of frequent power cuts and black-market fuel prices, British military spokesman Capt. Hisham Halawi said.

He said that four small protests took place Sunday but could not confirm any casualties. Separately, Halawi said British troops came under attack and returned fire. He had no other details.

Tempers flare

Halawi said power cuts were the result of sabotage and extreme heat at above 122. There were long lines at gas stations, and “tempers flared up.” British troops were deployed at major gasoline stations “to ensure people get fuel at right price, not black-market price,” he said.

In Baghdad, the U.S. military reported two rocket-propelled grenade attacks on U.S. forces Sunday. There were no casualties in the first attack, but two U.S. soldiers and a reporter were wounded in an attack in the Baghdad University complex. The military said one soldier had recovered and returned to duty.

Al-Jazeera TV reported one of its cameramen was wounded after the U.S. patrol he was traveling with came under fire at the College of Islamic Sciences.

A U.S. soldier adjusts an American flag just before the start of services for Sgt. Leonard Simmons from Charlie Company, 3rd Battalion, 502nd Infantry Regiment, 101st Airborne Division. Simmons, who was from Clarksville, Tenn., died Aug. 6 of cardiac arrest while on duty. Services were Sunday in Mosul, Iraq. A U.S. soldier died Sunday of heat stroke; his name has not been released.

In Saddam’s hometown of Tikrit, an improvised explosive device wounded two 4th Infantry Division soldiers, the military said.

American deaths

The U.S.-led coalition also reported that an American soldier from the 3rd Corps Support Command died of heat stroke on Saturday while traveling in a convoy near the southern city of Diwaniyah. Another American soldier died in his bed Saturday, the military said, adding that the circumstances were unclear.

A previously unknown group calling itself the Iraqi Resistance vowed in a statement to continue fighting coalition troops in Iraq and said it had no links to Saddam’s Baath party. The statement was aired on Al-Jazeera, the Qatar satellite broadcaster.

“We swear by God, we will we make the whole land of Iraq a graveyard to all those villain invaders,” said the statement, read by one of four armed men wearing red-checked Arab headdresses to mask their faces.