(Updates with background) BAGHDAD, Jan 9 (Reuters) - Six U.S. soldiers were killed in a house rigged with explosives on Wednesday in Diyala province, where U.S. and Iraqi forces have launched a major operation against al Qaeda, the U.S. military said. It was one of the highest daily death tolls for U.S. troops in Iraq for months. The military said four U.S. soldiers were also wounded in the explosion. Earlier on Wednesday, the military reported the deaths of three other soldiers the day before in northern Salahuddin province, another target area of the new offensive against al Qaeda that was launched on Tuesday. (Reporting by Ross Colvin; editing by Andrew Roche)
A boy plays with a ball in front of his house in the southeastern Turkish city of Diyarbakir January 6, 2008. Clearing debris from a bombing, residents of the largest city ...
