Insurgents slaughtered 11 Iraqi soldiers, beheading one, then shooting the others execution-style, and declared on an Islamic militant website that Iraqi fighters would avenge “the blood” of women and children killed in US strikes on the guerrilla stronghold of Fallujah.

A video of a Polish woman, kidnapped in Baghdad last night, was shown on Al-Jazeera television today.

A video of a Polish woman, kidnapped in Baghdad last night, was shown on Al-Jazeera television today.