Fighting Erupts North Of Baghdad

DHULUIYA, Iraq, Sept 23 (AFP) - Fighting broke out late Thursday between insurgents and US and Iraqi forces in Dhuluiya, a small town north of Baghdad, after a day of skirmishes, an AFP correspondent said.
The town is home to members of the puritanical Wahabbi sect of Islam and is a hideout for foreign fighters fleeing from the trouble zone of Samarra, US military sources say.
The fighting started when a US military patrol came under rocket-propelled grenade fire near an abandoned police station, a military spokesman said.
Dhuluiya, 75 kilometres (40 miles) north of Baghdad, falls within the Sunni Muslim triangle, home to Iraq's disgruntled Sunni religious community, which has formed the backbone of an 18-month insurgency.