The original content of Democracy Now! Headlines appears under the Creative Commons BY-NC-ND 3.0 License (United States). For more, including their other shows and media, visit www.democracynow.org. September 15, 2010 US Forces Battle Iraqi Militants -------------------------------- In Iraq, the US military says it’s taken part in its most extensive fighting since the nominal end of combat operations at the start of the month. The military says US forces battled militants from Saturday to Monday in areas north of Baghdad after being called in by the Iraqi army. Five Iraqi soldiers were killed and two US troops were wounded in the clashes. .