Women, Children Killed: US Troops Step-up Operation in Iraq

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Women, Children Killed: US Troops Step-up Operation in Iraq
'Pakistan Times' Monitoring Desk

BAGHDAD (Iraq): U.S. troops battlResidents search for bodies in the rubble of houses destroyed during clashes between U.S. forces and insurgents in Ramadi, 100Km west of Baghdad, February 22, 2007. ed insurgents in fierce fighting that killed at least 18 people in the volatile city of Ramadi, the military said Thursday.

Iraqi authorities said the dead included women and children.

The six-hour firefight began after the U.S. troops were attacked by insurgents with small-arms fire and rocket-propelled grenades Wednesday evening in eastern Ramadi, said Marine spokesman 1st Lt. Shawn Mercer.

The fighting ended after "precision guided munitions" damaged a number of buildings being used by the insurgents, he said. Twelve insurgents were killed and three were wounded, he said, adding that there were no civilian casualties.

However, Dr. Hafidh Ibrahim of the Ramadi Hospital said 26 people, including four women and children, were killed when three houses were damaged in the fighting.

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[acmavm]

1. The US military doesn't give a shit about women and children.

It's their fault for being in the way.

:sarcasm:

[stillcool]

2. "Precision Guided Munitions"

reduce houses to rubble, but do not injure civilians? Amazing.