Sixty opposition members held as US forces target Iraqi insurgents

US FORCES launched a massive operation early yesterday to crush insurgents and capture senior figures from the ousted regime in a show of force designed to stem a wave of deadly attacks on US troops.

More than 60 suspected “opposition members” were detained in the raids along with weapons and military documents believed to relate to the former regime.

Also yesterday, the US civilian administrator of Iraq said American forces must kill or capture Saddam so he can no longer be a rallying point for anti-coalition attacks that have killed more than 60 American troops since the war ended.