border 2 Baghdad Elsewhere, a suicide car bomber exploded his vehicleMonday near an Iraqi army unit responsible for guarding oilpipelines in the Fatha area, 110 kilometers (65 miles)southwest of Kirkuk. One Iraqi soldier was killed and 12 others were injured,according to police Brig. Gen. Sarhad Qadir. Bout 20minutes later, another suicide car bomb exploded nearby butcaused no casualties, Qadir said. CNN, which also had a reporter accompanying the Husaybahoffensive, said at least one Iraqi soldier has been woundedand that as many as 80 insurgents have died in thefighting. In a live report from the scene Monday morning, CNN saidthe house-to-house battles were continuing, with groundforces supported by Humvees and tanks working their waythrough the narrow streets of the bleak desert town. "We are meeting quite a bit of resistance here inHusaybah but the offensive is going well," Capt. ConlonCarabine said in an interview with CNN on Monday. "Ourstrategy is basically to kill the insurgents when we comeacross them." Carabine said U.S. and Iraqi forces plan to establish alongterm presence in the town once the insurgents arerouted. "Once we clear this town, we're going to stay in thistown," he said. "We're not going to leave thispopulation." Scores of terrified Iraqis fled the besieged town onSunday, waving white flags and hauling their belongings.--SPA1412 Local Time 1112 GMT www.spa.gov.sa/301028