Thursday, October 11, 2007

Iraq strike 'kills 15 civilians'

BBC

The US military says 19 suspected insurgents and 15 civilians, including nine children, have been killed in an operation north of Baghdad.

The operation was targeted at senior leaders of al-Qaeda in Iraq, in the Lake Tharthar region, it said.

An initial air raid killed four insurgents and more air strikes were launched to back up US ground troops, a statement said.

A further 15 insurgents were found dead along with six women and nine children......

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