Mosul is calmer today after US forces carried out air strikes on what they claimed were insurgents, but residents said Iraq's third-largest city remained tense.
US planes struck rebel areas in the southwest of the city late last night after two days of widespread violence in which groups of insurgents rampaged, burning police stations, stealing weapons and tipping the city towards chaos.
A US soldier was killed in the fighting, along with five Iraqi National Guards blown up in a rocket-propelled grenade (RPG) attack on their vehicles, while doctors said at least 30 civilians had been wounded in crossfire during street battles.
Occasional explosions from RPGs and random bursts of gunfire could still be heard today, but residents said the situation appeared calmer than either Wednesday or Thursday, when the governor's home was also attacked by militants.
At prayers today, some imams called on worshippers to unite with the militants and battle to rid the city of US troops, but others made no reference to the city's violence.
US forces said they were doing what they could to maintain order, and denied that the city was tipping out of control.
In Baghdad, rebels shot dead an American soldier today after attacking a US patrol in southern Baghdad, the US military said.
In a statement, it said the patrol was attacked by roadside bombs, small arms and rocket-propelled grenades in an apparently co-ordinated assault. Two US soldiers and an Iraqi working as an interpreter were wounded in the attack.