Sunday 09 January 2005, 0:13 Makka Time, 21:13 GMT
A Kamikaze bomber killed four people at a checkpoint near Baghdad today.
In order to fight the rising violence, Abu Musab al-Zarqawi, a self-declared al-Qaeda ally, was arrested by the US military.
The civillian death toll has now reached 100 people during the last week, all of them killed by the fighters.
In the village of Mahawil, a car bomb exploded in a petrol station, killing four people and wounding 19 others.
Il Romanaccio at 7:05 PM