A U.S. soldier was killed in a rocket-propelled grenade attack south of the Iraqi capital Baghdad on Sunday evening, the U.S. military said on Monday. A military spokesman said the soldier was killed in an attack at about 7 p.m. west of Iskandariya, about 30 miles south of Baghdad. No other details were immediately available. **Washington Unsatisfied with Some Members of Iraq's Governing Council*** The Bush administration is considering possible alternatives to Iraq's governing council to ensure Washington will be able to transfer power as troops are withdrawn, the Washington Post reported on Sunday. U.S. officials believe members of the U.S.-appointed body are too focused on their own interests and moving too slowly to draft a new constitution, The Post said in a report citing senior U.S. officials. "We're unhappy with all of them. They're not acting as a legislative or governing body, and we need to get moving," a U.S. official quoted by the paper said. The Post said Robert Blackwill, an official on the White House National Security Council overseeing Iraq's political transition, is embarking on an unannounced trip to Iraq this weekend to underscore U.S. concerns. Blackwill will discuss possible alternatives with Paul Bremer, the U.S. administrator in Iraq. ** Saddam followers shot dead in Basra*** Scores of Saddam Hussein's followers in Basra have been assassinated as they try to regroup and attack occupation targets, the city's security chief told AFP. "There have been too many political assassinations, dozens of them," said Colonel Mohammad Kazem Ahmad al-Ali, police director of internal security in Basra. "These were liquidations of senior members of the previous regime who had committed crimes against the people," Ali said in an interview. Locals said that members of the 20-to-30 political parties active in Basra have carried out the "revenge killings," targeting ranking members of the Baath party. **PHOTO CAPTION*** U.S. Army Spc. Wesley Carlile looks at a line of 15 rifles and helmets commemorating the 15 soldiers killed Sunday when their CH-47 Chinook helicopter went down in Fallujah. (AP /Pier Paolo Cito)