IRAQ: U.S. WARPLANES LAUNCHED FIERCE STRIKES ON REBEL TARGETS IN FALLUJA

Record ID: 208497

  • Title: IRAQ: U.S. WARPLANES LAUNCHED FIERCE STRIKES ON REBEL TARGETS IN FALLUJA
  • Date: 16th October 2004
  • Summary: (W8) FALLUJA, IRAQ (OCTOBER 16, 2004) (REUTERS) 1. AUDIO OF HEAVY BOMBING OVER THE NIGHT SKY 1.07 Initials Script is copyright Reuters Limited. All rights reserved
  • Embargoed: 31st October 2004 12:00
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  • Location: FALLUJA, IRAQ
  • Country: Iraq
  • Reuters ID: LVAE1MLAXT5GMWB4DJ6AC256CWJ0
  • Story Text: U.S. warplanes launched fierce strikes on rebel
    targets in the western city of Falluja.




    U.S. warplanes launched fierce strikes on suspected
    rebel targets in the western city of Falluja on Saturday
    night (October 16), a Reuters witness said.

    He said tanks could be seen moving on a highway just
    outside Falluja and were shelling suspected guerrilla
    positions.

    Iraq's U.S.-backed interim government has warned that
    it will launch a major offensive in Falluja if the city
    does not
    hand over Jordanian militant Abu Musab al-Zarqawi and his
    militant followers.

    Falluja representatives and Iraqi insurgents in the
    city say they have seen no evidence that Zarqawi is holed
    up there.

    U.S. warplanes bomb rebel targets in Falluja nearly
    every day, hoping to smash Zarqawi's suspected network.

    Residents say the strikes kill only civilians.


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