http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/3226369.stm<snip>US troops have carried out raids in Saddam Hussein's hometown of Tikrit, arresting a number of people they suspect of planning to carry out attacks on coalition forces in Iraq.
"We were targeting what we suspect was a terrorist cell network," Colonel Steve Russell told the Reuters news agency.
The raid came as the US voiced suspicions that a former senior member of the Saddam Hussein government was co-ordinating attacks from the area.
A senior defence official in Washington said there was evidence that Izzat Ibrahim al-Douri, who was officially number two in the former regime, was helping direct the insurgency.
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