US forces said 50 insurgents were killed when war planes pounded the Sunni Muslim bastion of Samarra as deadly Shiite militia clashes continued in the south despite a truce with their rebel leader Moqtada Sadr in Najaf. Amid four days of soaring world oil prices, Iraq resumed crude exports to Turkey, but a key southern artery was shut down over security concerns. US warplanes dropped 500-pound (250-kilogram) bombs on “known enemy locations” around Samarra overnight in an air and land assault, said Captain Bill Coppernoll of the 1st Infantry Division. Full Story
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