Nine killed as U.S. raids house northeast of Baghdad

[Judi Lynn]

June 12, 2006, 12:52PM
Nine killed as U.S. raids house northeast of Baghdad

By RYAN LENZ
Associated Press

BAGHDAD, Iraq — U.S.-led forces raided a house today near a volatile city northeast of Baghdad, killing nine people, including two children, the military said.

Insurgent attacks around Iraq, meanwhile, killed at least 20 people, including nine in the capital.

The raid in Baqouba was staged in the area where terror leader Abu Musab al-Zarqawi was killed in an airstrike Wednesday, and the military said the targeted terrorists had ties to senior al-Qaida leaders across Iraq and were involved in helping foreign fighters.

Residents accused the Americans of targeting civilians, and a man wearing a white dishdasha held up the body of a toddler. The Iraqis screamed "Allahu akbar" or "God is great" as they loaded two wooden coffins onto pickup trucks in the city 35 miles northeast of Baghdad.
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http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/world/3961412.html

[IndianaGreen]

1. Good God! Between this shooting and the bombing in Kirkuk

I dare say that Zarqawi's much ballyhooed death had no effect on the insurgency or the violence.

[maddezmom]

2. duplicate

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_topic&forum=102&topic_id=2333654