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The decision by two Iraqi insurgent groups to appoint a joint public representative has been cautiously welcomed as a "positive step" by security experts.

Efforts to rebuild devastated Iraqi towns and villages are failing to have a significant impact, council leaders in Diyala province have told Gulf News.

Before each mission Captain Chris Chang tells his soldiers they will not fire any warning shots: "If we get into a situation where you feel the need to fire your weapon, get yourself out of that situation. We don't need to be shooting."

Major General Joseph Taluto said he could understand why some ordinary people would take up arms against the US military because "they're offended by our presence".

The cards allow American intelligence services to keep track of people taken into custody even if they are released because they are found to have done nothing wrong.

US forces in north central Iraq have found little hard evidence that foreign fighters are playing a key role in the ongoing insurgency.

The incident happened shortly after 7.30pm when a car laden with explosives was detonated on a bridge across the Tigris, close to US army headquarters and Ministry of Interior buildings.

A powerful Sunni tribal chief in Saddam Hussian's birthplace has threatened open warfare with the Iraqi government, if it sends Shiite security forces north to battle insurgents.

A suicide bomber hit US and Iraqi security forces near Tikrit yesterday, the twelfth such attack in the area during the last month.

Campaigners seeking cancellation of huge international debts racked up by Iraq under Saddam Hussain are preparing to launch hunger strikes.

Kurds are trampling on the rights of other ethnic groups in a bid for complete power over northern Iraq, a Kirkuk politician has claimed.

Iraq's President Jalal Talabani is "playing a dangerous game" by planning to use Kurdish and Shiite militia forces to fight insurgents, a high-ranking Sunni political figure has warned.