| An Iraqi Kurdish group running part of northern Iraq said U.S. forces had launched a second day of missile strikes there on Sunday against an Islamist group accused by Washington of links to al Qaeda. An official of the Patriotic Union of Kurdistan (PUK) said U.S. missiles had struck suspected Ansar al-Islam positions near the Iranian border, one day after Washington fired missiles and launched air raids on Ansar's mountainous stronghold. "There were more strikes overnight, again with cruise missiles," said the official of the PUK. |