US troops capture 60 after overnight battle

Nearly 60 Iraqi people were captured by US troops following a battle against Saddam Hussein loyalists near the ousted dictator’s hometown of Tikrit, the military said.

Sat, 20 Sep, 2003 - 10:45

Nearly 60 Iraqi people were captured by US troops following a battle against Saddam Hussein loyalists near the ousted dictator’s hometown of Tikrit, the military said.

The overnight fighting on Thursday and yesterday followed a series of ambushes which the US military described as some of the fiercest and best co-ordinated attacks by the insurgents in months.