The military said in a statement the target was a cluster of houses believed to be used by members of a militant group led by Abu Mus'ab al-Zarqawi, who is suspected of having links with the Al-Qaeda terrorist network.
Today's attack followed strikes late yesterday that the U.S. military says were on a militant compound about 20 kilometers south of Al-Fallujah. The military estimates up to 60 suspected insurgents may have been killed, but hospital officials said the dead include women and children.
A U.S. military spokesman, Major Philip Smith, says U.S. troops battled with insurgents in Baghdad after an explosives-rigged car tried to ram a checkpoint today and was blown up by American gunfire.
(Reuters/AP)
Today's attack followed strikes late yesterday that the U.S. military says were on a militant compound about 20 kilometers south of Al-Fallujah. The military estimates up to 60 suspected insurgents may have been killed, but hospital officials said the dead include women and children.
A U.S. military spokesman, Major Philip Smith, says U.S. troops battled with insurgents in Baghdad after an explosives-rigged car tried to ram a checkpoint today and was blown up by American gunfire.
(Reuters/AP)
