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Militants carry fight to Diyala

A U.S. Army soldier from 1st Battalion, 12th Cavalry Regiment, 1st Cavalry Division stakes out a position during a joint operation with the Iraqi army in the town of Buhriz, 35 miles northeast of Baghdad.(AP Photo)
Associated Press

BAQOUBA, Iraq - Sunni insurgents have been streaming out of Baghdad to escape the security crackdown, carrying the fight to neighboring Diyala province where direct fire attacks on Americans have nearly doubled since last summer, U.S. soldiers say.

That has led to sharp fighting only 35 miles north of the capital in a province known as

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