Aswat al-Iraq: A U.S. patrol on Saturday wounded two civilians who were on their way to the holy Shiite city of Karbala for the Arbaeen pilgrimage, a security source said. "Random fire by U.S. patrolmen in Afak district, (30 km) east of Diwaniya, injured a man and a woman local residents of Missan province who were going on foot to Karbala to perform the rituals of Imam Hussein bin Ali's Arbaeen pilgrimage," the source told Aswat al-Iraq news agency. "The wounded civilians were rushed to a hospital for treatment," he said, adding the injuries are not serious. He did not say why the U.S. forces opened fire at the two civilians.