Gunmen abducted 10 bakery workers in Baghdad on Sunday, and a militant group linked to al Qaeda claimed responsibility for some of the bombings that killed 43 people in the capital the day before.
West of Baghdad, the US military tried to step up pressure on insurgents in the rebel stronghold Ramadi by setting up extra checkpoints to deny them freedom of movement.
Baghdad appeared relatively calm on Sunday, apart from the attack in which police said gunmen stormed a bakery in Kadhimiya and snatched 10 employees.
In Washington, the White House said it was aware of media reports that two US soldiers who went missing after an attack on their checkpoint on Friday were abducted by insurgents.
"We're aware of news accounts," spokesman Tony Snow said, but added the White House was "making no assumptions".
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