My God.
Many Iraqis killed in US air attack
Tuesday 12 April 2005, 12:50
Makka Time, 9:50 GMT
Twenty Iraqis have been killed and 22 injured after US helicopters and heavy artillery bombed houses in al-Rummana village, north of al-Qaim city, Aljazeera reported.
Seven children, six women and three old men were among the dead,witnesses said, while the injured included 13 children, seven women and two old men.
The witnesses added that the shelling started after US forces, who landed near al-Qaim on Monday night, came under repeated attack.
Early reports indicated one house was completely destroyed and three others partially damaged in the bombing, according to Aljazeera.
On Monday, five car bombs hit US military targets in the western Iraqi city of al-Qaim near the border with Syria, wounding at least two US soldiers.
Separately, the US embassy in Iraq announced that an American contractor working in a reconstruction project had been captured.
http://english.aljazeera.net/NR/exeres/09413EAB-D8E4-4C03-A52C-BD7118AC9946.htm
---Before anyone says jack about AlJazeera, at this point they have JUST as much credibility, if not more, than CNN and Fox news combined. AND WHEN YOU WANT TO KNOW WHAT'S HAPPENING THERE, you might want to ask the people who are actually THERE. Last I heard ALL western reporters were scared to leave the Green Zone. Damn hard to report the truth from your HOTEL ROOM!----
Tuesday 12 April 2005, 12:50
Makka Time, 9:50 GMT
Twenty Iraqis have been killed and 22 injured after US helicopters and heavy artillery bombed houses in al-Rummana village, north of al-Qaim city, Aljazeera reported.
Seven children, six women and three old men were among the dead,witnesses said, while the injured included 13 children, seven women and two old men.
The witnesses added that the shelling started after US forces, who landed near al-Qaim on Monday night, came under repeated attack.
Early reports indicated one house was completely destroyed and three others partially damaged in the bombing, according to Aljazeera.
On Monday, five car bombs hit US military targets in the western Iraqi city of al-Qaim near the border with Syria, wounding at least two US soldiers.
Separately, the US embassy in Iraq announced that an American contractor working in a reconstruction project had been captured.
http://english.aljazeera.net/NR/exeres/09413EAB-D8E4-4C03-A52C-BD7118AC9946.htm
---Before anyone says jack about AlJazeera, at this point they have JUST as much credibility, if not more, than CNN and Fox news combined. AND WHEN YOU WANT TO KNOW WHAT'S HAPPENING THERE, you might want to ask the people who are actually THERE. Last I heard ALL western reporters were scared to leave the Green Zone. Damn hard to report the truth from your HOTEL ROOM!----
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