US kills 32 in mosque raid

At least 32 fighters loyal to radical Shiite cleric Muqtada al-Sadr were killed when US followed Iraqi forces into a mosque in the holy city of Kufa, where rebels were said to be storing weapons.

US troops also clashed with al-Sadr militiamen in a Shiite district of Baghdad and in Najaf, the twin city of Kufa, yesterday.