in Sadr City Baghad, Oct 8, SPA -- A U.S. warplane struck three suspectedinsurgents as they planted an artillery shell on a streetin Baghdad's northeastern Shiite district of Sadr City onFriday, a military spokesman said. "One guy was digging a hole and the other two wereputting a 155 mm artillery shell into the hole," saidCapt. Brian O'Malley, a spokesman for the 1st CavalryDivision. All three were killed, he said. Blood stained the street where a funeral procession washeld Friday for two of those killed. Improvised bombs planted on the roads used by U.S. patrolsare among the biggest killers of American forces in Iraq. Sadr City, a teeming slum that is home to more than 2million people, has seen weeks of clashes between U.S. andIraqi forces and armed followers of radical Shiite clericMuqtada al-Sadr. In an effort to restore order, the interim government ofPrime Minister Ayad Allawi has been holding talks withtribal leaders and members of al-Sadr's movement. Late Thursday, a spokesman for al-Sadr offered to handover medium and heavy weapons and cooperate with Iraqisecurity forces if the government will stop pursuingmilitia members and release the cleric's detainedfollowers.--SPA1454 Local Time 1154 GMT www.spa.gov.sa/208939