The Iraqi government has confirmed its forces killed 85 insurgents at a rebel training camp north of Baghdad in what would be one of the highest guerrilla death tolls in the two-year insurgency.
The US military provided ground and air support for Iraqi police commandos.
The Iraqi government said foreign fighters were among the militants in the hours-long battle and an Algerian was captured.
Seven police commandos died in the clashes in a remote region near a lake 160km northwest of Baghdad.
