seruriermarshal
06-30-2004, 06:32 PM
U.S air strike kills four in Falluja -- witnesses
(Adds clashes in eastern part of the city)
FALLUJA, Iraq, June 30 (*******) - Four people were killed on Wednesday when a house in the restive Iraqi city of Falluja was hit by a missile fired from a U.S. warplane, witnesses said.
They said four bodies had been pulled from the house in a southwest suburb of the city and that residents were going through the rubble to see if there were any survivors.
"The house was completely destroyed. It is basically rubble," said one resident in Falluja, where fierce fighting occurred between U.S. Marines and guerrillas in April.
"The strike left a huge hole where the building was," the resident said, declining to be named.
Witnesses on the eastern edge of the city said clashes involving small arms and mortar fire had broken out between U.S. forces and guerrillas, but there were no reports of casualties.
They said the fighting was still going on.
The U.S. military had no immediate comment.
(Editing by Scott McDonald)
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From (http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/L30504348.htm)
(Adds clashes in eastern part of the city)
FALLUJA, Iraq, June 30 (*******) - Four people were killed on Wednesday when a house in the restive Iraqi city of Falluja was hit by a missile fired from a U.S. warplane, witnesses said.
They said four bodies had been pulled from the house in a southwest suburb of the city and that residents were going through the rubble to see if there were any survivors.
"The house was completely destroyed. It is basically rubble," said one resident in Falluja, where fierce fighting occurred between U.S. Marines and guerrillas in April.
"The strike left a huge hole where the building was," the resident said, declining to be named.
Witnesses on the eastern edge of the city said clashes involving small arms and mortar fire had broken out between U.S. forces and guerrillas, but there were no reports of casualties.
They said the fighting was still going on.
The U.S. military had no immediate comment.
(Editing by Scott McDonald)
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From (http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/L30504348.htm)