A chemical weapons laboratory has been found in Fallujah following the US-led offensive against insurgents, an Iraqi minister said today.

IRAQ’S interim government will declare a nationwide arms amnesty next week, but insists the city of Fallujah must turn in foreign militants or face assault, National Security Adviser Kassim Daoud said yesterday.

US aircraft bombed Fallujah yesterday as troops continued to battle insurgents accused of sheltering foreign militants led by America’s top enemy in Iraq, Abu Musab al-Zarqawi.