US troops called in air strikes on the Iraqi city of Baquba yesterday as they fought gun battles in the street with crowds of insurgents. Fallout from the week-long assault on the city of Falluja spread in several towns across the country. As well as the fighting in Baquba, a mixed Sunni and Shia town north of Baghdad, there were clashes in Baghdad, Ramadi, Buhriz, Mosul and Suwayra. In a blow against the insurgency, the Iraqi prime minister, Ayad Allawi, said members of a militant group known as Jaish Muhammad (the Army of Muhammad), including its leader, had been arrested during the assault on Falluja. The group is one of around a dozen insurgent organisations responsible for kidnappings and attacks on the US military and Iraqi security forces. Full Story
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