At least 15 suspected Al Qaeda insurgents were killed and 58 others were captured in an operation US and Iraqi troops mounted in Diyala province in northeast Iraq Monday, a security source said. Hundreds of Iraqi soldiers and policemen backed by US troops stormed at dawn the two towns of Buhruz and Muradiyah south of Baquba, the capital city of Diyala, the source said.
The above photo is a Yahoo News photo showing US soldiers patrolling on Monday in a village south of Baquba, 65 km (40 miles) northeast of Baghdad. The rising smoke is the result of US warplanes bombing a house that was suspected of being booby trapped.