Chimper W Bush, Murderer-In-Thief...Still Killing and Maiming Kids...but Against Abortion
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FALLUJA, Iraq (Reuters) - U.S. warplanes bombed houses in the Iraqi city of Falluja for a third successive night, killing at least eight people, four of them children, doctors and residents said on Thursday.
A statement from the U.S. military said the air assault was part of a "precision strike" on an operating base for Jordanian militant Abu Musab al-Zarqawi, a man Washington says is allied to Osama bin Laden's al Qaeda network.
A doctor at Falluja's main hospital, Rafi Hayad, said four of those killed were children and two women. He said at least 16 people had been wounded, eight of them children.
Bloodied bodies lay on hospital beds while residents with flashlights searched for more victims in the rubble.
The strike was launched shortly after 2 a.m. (6 p.m. EDT) on a northern district of Falluja, a city of around 250,000 people which has been a focus of anti-American activity since the U.S.-led invasion and is largely under guerrilla control.
Witnesses said at least two houses had been destroyed and said those killed came from three families. The U.S. military said the target was a "building frequently used by terrorists."
"Three Zarqawi associates were reported to be in the area, no other individuals were present at the time of the strike," the military said in a statement.
U.S. forces have carried out around a dozen air strikes on Falluja over recent weeks, in one case hitting a truck lot. On each occasion Falluja residents have said civilians were killed and that Zarqawi was not in the area.
The strike came hours after a U.S. helicopter crashed in the desert near the western city. It was not clear what brought the aircraft down, but the U.S. military said the four crew were rescued and did not suffer life threatening injuries.
U.S. troops have been engaged in intense fighting around Falluja and in the eastern Baghdad district of Sadr City in recent days, incurring some of their heaviest losses in weeks. At least 10 U.S. soldiers have been killed since Monday.
The U.S. death toll in Iraq since the invasion in March 2003 surpassed 1,000 this week, the Pentagon said, hitting a psychologically damaging mark that is likely to figure prominently in the U.S. presidential election campaign.
In May last year, President Bush declared major combat in Iraq over, but since then more than 800 U.S. soldiers have been killed in action -- around two a day.
HEAVY CLASHES
U.S. troops and Iraqi forces were engaged in heavy clashes around the northern Iraq town of Tal Afar overnight. As well as continuing fighting, Iraq's interim government is struggling to contain a widening hostage crisis.
In one of the most brazen abductions so far, two Italian women aid workers and two Iraqi colleagues were snatched from their office in central Baghdad in broad daylight on Tuesday. No word has yet emerged from their captors.
On Wednesday, international aid agencies met to consider withdrawing from Iraq. Jean-Dominique Bunel, a Frenchman helping to coordinate aid groups operating in Iraq, said he expected most of the remaining 50 foreign aid workers to pull out soon.
Since April, people from more than two dozen countries have been kidnapped as guerrillas have tried to force foreign troops and firms to leave. More than 20 foreigners have been killed.
The kidnapping of the Italians has piled more pressure on Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi, most of whose voters strongly oppose Italy's role in Iraq. Italy has the third largest military contingent in the country, with 2,700 troops.
In August, Islamic guerrillas kidnapped and killed Italian journalist Enzo Baldoni. Security guard Fabrizio Quattrocchi was shot in the back of the head by his captors in April.
The latest abductions are likely to fuel uncertainty over the fate of two French journalists, Christian Chesnot and Georges Malbrunot, who have been held since August 20 despite intense diplomatic efforts to free them.
© Copyright Reuters 2004.
(Chimper W Bush and Brigadeer General Mark Kimmet, the Butcher of Falluja, is KILLING IN YOUR NAME, AMERICA. HOW DO YOU LIKE YOUR BUSH NOW? *aj*)
FALLUJA, Iraq (Reuters) - U.S. warplanes bombed houses in the Iraqi city of Falluja for a third successive night, killing at least eight people, four of them children, doctors and residents said on Thursday.
A statement from the U.S. military said the air assault was part of a "precision strike" on an operating base for Jordanian militant Abu Musab al-Zarqawi, a man Washington says is allied to Osama bin Laden's al Qaeda network.
A doctor at Falluja's main hospital, Rafi Hayad, said four of those killed were children and two women. He said at least 16 people had been wounded, eight of them children.
Bloodied bodies lay on hospital beds while residents with flashlights searched for more victims in the rubble.
The strike was launched shortly after 2 a.m. (6 p.m. EDT) on a northern district of Falluja, a city of around 250,000 people which has been a focus of anti-American activity since the U.S.-led invasion and is largely under guerrilla control.
Witnesses said at least two houses had been destroyed and said those killed came from three families. The U.S. military said the target was a "building frequently used by terrorists."
"Three Zarqawi associates were reported to be in the area, no other individuals were present at the time of the strike," the military said in a statement.
U.S. forces have carried out around a dozen air strikes on Falluja over recent weeks, in one case hitting a truck lot. On each occasion Falluja residents have said civilians were killed and that Zarqawi was not in the area.
The strike came hours after a U.S. helicopter crashed in the desert near the western city. It was not clear what brought the aircraft down, but the U.S. military said the four crew were rescued and did not suffer life threatening injuries.
U.S. troops have been engaged in intense fighting around Falluja and in the eastern Baghdad district of Sadr City in recent days, incurring some of their heaviest losses in weeks. At least 10 U.S. soldiers have been killed since Monday.
The U.S. death toll in Iraq since the invasion in March 2003 surpassed 1,000 this week, the Pentagon said, hitting a psychologically damaging mark that is likely to figure prominently in the U.S. presidential election campaign.
In May last year, President Bush declared major combat in Iraq over, but since then more than 800 U.S. soldiers have been killed in action -- around two a day.
HEAVY CLASHES
U.S. troops and Iraqi forces were engaged in heavy clashes around the northern Iraq town of Tal Afar overnight. As well as continuing fighting, Iraq's interim government is struggling to contain a widening hostage crisis.
In one of the most brazen abductions so far, two Italian women aid workers and two Iraqi colleagues were snatched from their office in central Baghdad in broad daylight on Tuesday. No word has yet emerged from their captors.
On Wednesday, international aid agencies met to consider withdrawing from Iraq. Jean-Dominique Bunel, a Frenchman helping to coordinate aid groups operating in Iraq, said he expected most of the remaining 50 foreign aid workers to pull out soon.
Since April, people from more than two dozen countries have been kidnapped as guerrillas have tried to force foreign troops and firms to leave. More than 20 foreigners have been killed.
The kidnapping of the Italians has piled more pressure on Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi, most of whose voters strongly oppose Italy's role in Iraq. Italy has the third largest military contingent in the country, with 2,700 troops.
In August, Islamic guerrillas kidnapped and killed Italian journalist Enzo Baldoni. Security guard Fabrizio Quattrocchi was shot in the back of the head by his captors in April.
The latest abductions are likely to fuel uncertainty over the fate of two French journalists, Christian Chesnot and Georges Malbrunot, who have been held since August 20 despite intense diplomatic efforts to free them.
© Copyright Reuters 2004.
(Chimper W Bush and Brigadeer General Mark Kimmet, the Butcher of Falluja, is KILLING IN YOUR NAME, AMERICA. HOW DO YOU LIKE YOUR BUSH NOW? *aj*)
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