US, Iraqi forces kill over 100 insurgents in Ramadi

BAGHDAD (Reuters) – U.S. and Iraqi forces killed more than
100 insurgents last week in the town of Ramadi in the rebel
heartland of Anbar province, the U.S. military said on Tuesday.

Two Iraqi soldiers died in the fighting and no Americans
were killed, the military said in a written response,
confirming a media report. It did not provide more details.

Reuters witnesses in Ramadi, 68 miles west of Baghdad, said
there were heavy clashes last week between U.S. forces and
insurgents inside Ramadi but could not independently confirm
such a high number of insurgents killed.

Ramadi is a stronghold of Sunni Arab insurgents fighting
U.S. and Iraqi forces and the Shi’ite- and Kurdish-led
government in Baghdad.