Baghdad, July 12, SPA -- U.S. soldiers killed 14 insurgents intwo days of fighting in a strategic northern city, theAmerican military said, and gunmen and a car bomb killed 10Iraqi soldiers in central Iraq. A Muslim religious group on Monday accused Iraqi government commandos of torturing and killing 10 Sunni Arab civilians in Baghdad, fueling sectarian tensions between the country's two major religious groups, according to a report of the Associated Press. Soldiers of the U.S. 3rd Armored Cavalry Regiment killedfour insurgents in a gun battle Sunday, and 10 more werekilled Monday as fighting raged in Tal Afar, 260 miles (418kilometers) north of Baghdad, the U.S. command reported.American troops suffered no casualties, the statement said.--SPA1027 Local Time 0727 GMT www.spa.gov.sa/276249