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US air strike in Baghdad kills 14 US air strike in Baghdad kills 14
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At least 14 people have been killed in a US air attack in Baghdad overnight. At least 14 people have been killed and nine wounded in a US air strike overnight in the west of the Iraqi capital, Baghdad, police have said.
The attack also wounded at least nine people and destroyed several houses, police say. Several buildings were destroyed in the attack, which took place at about 0300 (2300 GMT) in the Washash neighbourhood of the city's Mansour district.
The air strike took place at about 0300 (2300 GMT Wednesday) in the Washash neighbourhood in western Baghdad's Mansour district, officials say. The US military said it was aware of the report, but made no comment.
The area is mostly Sunni, but it is a pocket where there is strong support for Moqtada al-Sadr's Mehdi army's militia, says a BBC correspondent. Mansour is mostly Sunni, but there is a pocket where there is strong support for Moqtada Sadr's Mehdi Army militia.
The radical Shia cleric recently suspended the activities of the militia for six months in order to restructure it.
Iraqi officials said they believed US military helicopters had fired on a number of houses, but some local residents said the damage may instead have been the result of a mortar attack by militants.