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Falluja doctors decry civilian toll
US warplanes, tanks and artillery units have renewed their assault on the Iraqi city of Falluja, killing and wounding many women and children.
At least 15 people were killed and 25 wounded in what US military authorities are calling a precision strike targeting "terrorists meeting in the Jolan district of Falluja".
"Intelligence sources indicated that approximately 10 terrorists were meeting at this location to plan operations targeting innocent Iraqi civilians and multi-national forces," said a US military statement on the strike carried out at 1800 GMT.
However, Falluja medical sources are disputing US claims and saying their hospital wards are being filled with dead and wounded women and children.
"The death toll has just risen to eight after a child died of wounds it sustained from the air strikes and another 17 wounded, including four children and two women," Dr Rafia al-Isawi, director of Falluja General Hospital, told Aljazeera.
"If air strikes targeting civilians continue, [the] number of casualties will increase."
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"Intelligence sources indicated that approximately 10 terrorists were meeting at this location to plan operations targeting innocent Iraqi civilians and multi-national forces," said a US military statement on the strike carried out at 1800 GMT.
However, Falluja medical sources are disputing US claims and saying their hospital wards are being filled with dead and wounded women and children.
"The death toll has just risen to eight after a child died of wounds it sustained from the air strikes and another 17 wounded, including four children and two women," Dr Rafia al-Isawi, director of Falluja General Hospital, told Aljazeera.
"If air strikes targeting civilians continue, [the] number of casualties will increase."
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http://english.aljazeera.net/NR/exeres/25D76053-DC47-40AC-9736-07AE87F94E9A.htm
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