U.S. FIGHTS ON SHI'ITE, SUNNI FRONTS

BAGHDAD [MENL] -- The U.S. military faces a two-front insurgency war inIraq. U.S. and coalition troops have been fighting Sunni and Shi'ite militiasin central and southern Iraq in the most intense battles since the war inApril 2003. Over the last two days, about a dozen U.S. marines have beenkilled in clashes in such cities as Faluja, Karbala, Nasseriya and Ramadi.