US, Iraqi forces kill 90 al-Qaeda militants in offensives
US and Iraqi forces say they killed 90 al-Qaeda fighters around Baghdad in the past five days during one of the biggest combined offensives against the Sunni Islamist group since the invasion of Iraq in 2003.
Thousands of US and Iraqi soldiers are taking part in simultaneous offensives in provinces around Baghdad to deny al-Qaeda militants sanctuary in farmlands and towns from where they launch car bomb attacks and other violence. (Reuters)
