AT least 13 Iraqis were killed and 84 wounded in heavy overnight fighting between US troops and insurgents in Samarra, north of Baghdad, hospital and police said today. "We have received 13 bodies including three women and two children and 84 injured," said Dr Abdul Hamid al-Samarrai of Samarra's general hospital, adding that many of the wounded were also women and children.
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Police in the city said their headquarters at the entrance of the city was badly damaged in the fighting and that three of their comrades were killed. It was not immediately clear if they were included in the hospital toll. Police also said that more than 40 homes and several civilian vehicles were destroyed in the fighting as well as the municipal building and the offices of the political party of Iraqi Interior Minister Falah al-Naqib. Mosques were heard urging people through loudspeakers to donate blood. The US military confirmed it had conducted operations in the Sunni Muslim insurgency hotbed of Samarra but refused to provide further details. |