'Torture Complex' Discovered in Iraq

US and Iraqi forces have discovered a "torture complex" in an al-Qaeda safe haven near Muqdadiya in central Diyala province, the US military has said.

Three buildings containing chains on the walls and ceilings, and a metal bed connected to a power supply were found during an operation on 9 December.

Mass graves containing 26 bodies were uncovered nearby, the military said.

Correspondents say Diyala has been the focus of some of the fiercest attacks by insurgents in recent months.

Militants displaced from their former strongholds in Anbar province and parts of Baghdad are believed to have migrated to the province.

Earlier on Tuesday, a suicide bomber killed 13 people and a US soldier in an attack on a recruiting centre for local Sunni Arab militia groups that have been fighting al-Qaeda-linked militants in Diyala.