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| Falluja operation to down al-Qaeda leader |
| 2010-09-16 |
| BAGHDAD / Aswat al-Iraq: The Security operation in Falluja aimed at hunting down a leader of al-Qaeda group, the media spokesperson of the U.S. army said, noting that gunmen opened fire on Iraqi and U.S. forces. “More than ten al-Qaeda gunmen opened fire on Iraqi security forces and their American advisors on Wednesday (Sept. 15) in Jubeil region, southwest of Falluja,” Major Robert Philips told Aswat al-Iraq news agency, noting that the forces responded, killing four gunmen and two civilians and injuring three gunmen. “The forces was searching for a leader of al-Qaeda in the region,” he explained. A police source had said earlier that seven civilians, including a woman and two children, were killed and four others, including a 85-year-old woman, were wounded during a raid by a U.S.-Iraqi forces coming from Baghdad late Tuesday (Sept. 14) in al-Jubeil region, southern Falluja. Falluja, Anbar province, is 45 km west of Baghdad, while Ramadi, the capital of Anbar, lies 110 km west of the Iraqi capital. |
| Posted by:Steve White |