The U.S. military and Iraqi officials said at least 100 insurgents were killed, and another 37 captured in the operation that started early yesterday.
In Al-Fallujah, another rebel stronghold, U.S. aircraft again targeted a suspected militants' hideout. An Al-Fallujah doctor told AFP that women and children were among the victims of the air strike that flattened two houses late yesterday.
A car bomb exploded near a U.S. military convoy outside Al-Fallujah today. There were no immediate reports of casualties from the blast near the town of Karmah.
Also today, U.S. forces clashed with insurgents in Baghdad's Shi'ite district of Al-Sadr City. A hospital director said 12 Iraqis were killed and 11 wounded.
(AP/AFP)
In Al-Fallujah, another rebel stronghold, U.S. aircraft again targeted a suspected militants' hideout. An Al-Fallujah doctor told AFP that women and children were among the victims of the air strike that flattened two houses late yesterday.
A car bomb exploded near a U.S. military convoy outside Al-Fallujah today. There were no immediate reports of casualties from the blast near the town of Karmah.
Also today, U.S. forces clashed with insurgents in Baghdad's Shi'ite district of Al-Sadr City. A hospital director said 12 Iraqis were killed and 11 wounded.
(AP/AFP)
