IRAQI RESISTANCE

Independent: Police flee as Saddam loyalists fuel city revolt

Iraqis shouting pro-Saddam Hussein slogans have staged an uprising in the important oil refining city of Baiji, burning down the mayor's office, fighting with American troops and forcing local police to flee.

About a thousand people, some holding pictures of Saddam Hussein, were in a stand-off with American troops last night, with tanks surrounding the police station in the city, 160 miles north of Baghdad.

"Was ist bloss mit den Arabern los...wir bomben sie zu Frieden und Demokratie und die sind noch nicht einmal dankbar"