Iraqi troops, searching terrorist hideouts in Fallujah, discovered a chemical weapons laboratory with manuals on manufacturing explosives and toxins - including anthrax.

US and Iraqi forces in Fallujah have uncovered the largest-yet weapons cache in the one-time rebel bastion, finding the stockpile inside a mosque led by a key insurgent leader.

Iraq’s national security adviser Qassem Dawoud said today the massive military operation to retake Fallujah “is accomplished” with about 1,000 insurgents killed and 200 captured.