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US forces kill two women in Iraq | US forces kill two women in Iraq |
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US forces in Iraq have killed two women in an air attack on a house in Baquba, a day after five girls were killed by US tank fire in Ramadi. | US forces in Iraq have killed two women in an air attack on a house in Baquba, a day after five girls were killed by US tank fire in Ramadi. |
The US military said American soldiers engaged in a gun battle in the northern city called in air support that killed eight suspected insurgents. | The US military said American soldiers engaged in a gun battle in the northern city called in air support that killed eight suspected insurgents. |
The military said the soldiers searching the building also found the bodies of two women. | The military said the soldiers searching the building also found the bodies of two women. |
Iraqi police said all the dead were civilians from two families. | Iraqi police said all the dead were civilians from two families. |
Police said they were a man and his three sons and another couple and their son and daughter. | Police said they were a man and his three sons and another couple and their son and daughter. |
The US military statement said: "Due to the heavy volume of enemy fire, Coalition forces also engaged the terrorists with aircraft. Coalition aircraft fired rounds neutralising the enemy threat." | The US military statement said: "Due to the heavy volume of enemy fire, Coalition forces also engaged the terrorists with aircraft. Coalition aircraft fired rounds neutralising the enemy threat." |
Baquba lies about 60km (35 miles) northeast of Baghdad and has been scene of some of the worst violence and instability in Iraq since the US-led invasion in 2003. | Baquba lies about 60km (35 miles) northeast of Baghdad and has been scene of some of the worst violence and instability in Iraq since the US-led invasion in 2003. |
US President George W Bush is preparing to meet Iraq's Prime Minister Nouri Maliki in Jordan amid a rising tide of sectarian and anti-US violence. | US President George W Bush is preparing to meet Iraq's Prime Minister Nouri Maliki in Jordan amid a rising tide of sectarian and anti-US violence. |
In other incidents on Wednesday, a bomb exploded next to a bus station in the al-Nahda area of Baghdad, killing two people. | In other incidents on Wednesday, a bomb exploded next to a bus station in the al-Nahda area of Baghdad, killing two people. |
North of the capital a suicide car bomber rammed into a police station, as dozens of gunmen attacked a nearby checkpoint, Iraqi security officials said. | North of the capital a suicide car bomber rammed into a police station, as dozens of gunmen attacked a nearby checkpoint, Iraqi security officials said. |
Six people were reportedly killed and the nearby city of Samarra was put under indefinite curfew. | Six people were reportedly killed and the nearby city of Samarra was put under indefinite curfew. |
On Tuesday, a man and five girls were killed in Ramadi, in western Iraq, when coalition forces fired tank gun rounds into a building during a fight with insurgents. | On Tuesday, a man and five girls were killed in Ramadi, in western Iraq, when coalition forces fired tank gun rounds into a building during a fight with insurgents. |
The US military also announced that two American soldiers died from their injuries in separate incidents in Iraq on Tuesday. |
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