The US military has said that a mortar attack on a detention centre run by the US-led coalition has killed 21 prisoners and injured 100 near Baghdad.
The coalition's deputy director of military operations, Brigadier General Mark Kimmitt, said the centre at Abu Gharib, 12 miles west of the Iraqi capital, was hit by 18 mortars.
He said he did not know whether the prisoners were suspected criminals or whether they were held on suspicion of taking part in anti-coalition attacks.
Meanwhile, the Central American State of Honduras has said it will withdraw its 370 troops from Iraq as soon as possible.
The announcement by President Ricardo Maduro follows Spain's decision to withdraw its forces from the coalition over the next eight weeks.
Soldiers from Honduras have been clearing mines and providing medical care in central Iraq since last summer.
They had been due to leave when their mandate expires in July.
