PLEASE NOTE: EDIT CONTAINS MATERIAL THAT WAS ORIGINALLY 4:3<br /> <br />Iraqi troops in action 90 kilometres north of Baghdad as they try to stop the rapid advance of radical Sunni militants.<br /> <br />The Iraqi army carried out house-to-house searches in Udhaim.<br /> <br />Defence Ministry video shows soldiers seizing what it said was bomb-making equipment and chemical weapons materials.<br /> <br />Residents interviewed in the video appeared to welcome the army presence.<br /> <br />(SOUNDBITE)(Arabic) LOCAL RESIDENT SAYING:<br /> <br />"The army personnel are brave and it's great to have them here."<br /> <br />(SOUNDBITE)(Arabic) LOCAL RESIDENT SAYING:<br /> <br />"The army protects us and we can't do anything without them."<br /> <br />More Defence Ministry footage shows Iraqi air strikes on militant positions in Mosul.<br /> <br />The militants, from the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant, have captured large areas of land in the north and west of Iraq.<br /> <br />They're seeking to create and Islamic caliphate spanning parts of Iraq and
