 US troops have clashed with fighters west of Baghdad and Iraqi police have launched a new raid in a Sunni Arab-dominated part of the capital, despite calls by Sunni calls to halt such operations.Also, a British soldier was killed after coming under fire on Monday in Iraq's Maysan province, the Britain's Defence Ministry said. An Italian soldier was slightly wounded in an ambush in southern Iraq.Clashes in Ramadi, capital of the violence-ridden Anbar province 115km west of Baghdad, began when armed men fired at least five rocket-propelled grenade rounds and rifles at US army soldiers, a military spokesman said. "The soldiers returned fire and called in a jet nearby to attack the fighters' position with their main gun," Marine Captain Jeffrey S Pool said.The two fighters were killed, but there were no US casualties, he added....
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