In news from Iraq, the death toll from fighting since Monday has risen above 100. In Baghdad, 30 people died when a house exploded during a police raid. Police accused resistance fighters of setting the police up to be killed. The blast destroyed up to 10 neighboring houses.

In Mosul, US forces came under repeated attacks by Iraqi fighters in the form of car bombs and ambushes. In response, US warplanes carried out air strikes killing at least 25 Iraqis.