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US warplanes launched a fresh air raid on Falluja town on Tuesday night, killing three people and wounding nine others, hospital sources told Aljazeera.
The US raid came few hours after the beheading of South Korean citizen Kim Sun-Il who was captured near Falluja last Thursday.
Brigadier General Mark Kimmit confirmed the US strike was on a “known Zarqawi network” safe house. "Wherever and whenever we find elements of the Zarqawi network, we will attack them," he said.
Witnesses said the air strike hit a car and truck garage. Iraqi police and US troops sealed off roads leading to the
scene of the attack, the witnesses said. "There was an air strike that hit a car and truck garage near my home," said witness Muhawmish Hammadi.
"A warplane was in the area for 10 minutes and then it fired a rocket at the garage."
Meanwhile, five Iraqis have been killed in other incidents.
Three were killed and another wounded after a car bomb exploded in west Baghdad on Tuesday.
Our correspondent said the bodyguard of Adnan al-Janabi, an Iraqi minister, was among the dead.
The explosion, which took place in the al-Amiriyah district, damaged four vehicles. US occupations forces later cordoned off the areas.
In Khaldiyah, west of Baghdad, our correspondent said at least two Iraqis were killed in an attack targeting the Iraqi Ministry of Agriculture and Irrigation.
Houses stormed
"Eyewitnesses said more bodies were likely to be under the debris of the building which was leveled to the ground," the correspondent said.
In Abu Ghraib, west of Baghdad, US forces stormed a number of houses and shops and detained three Iraqis.
One of the detainees accused the US occupation forces of dynamiting their house.
In a separate incident, a US military convoy was targeted in the central Iraqi city of Balad.
Our correspondent in the town said a US military spokesman confirmed the explosion without identifying the extent of the damage.
He added US forces had closed all roads leading to the area.
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23 June 2004, 06:25
Falluja...this place seems to be a focul point of this whole mess. I couldn’t believe after the marines fought them back into hiding, that they later claimed victory. The only reason we pulled back a couple times was because Al-Sadr said he was going to negotiate with coalition forces for withdrawal..of course it was merely a stall for his forces to regroup. This is where political ploy never works in battle (in the case of vietnam, mogadishu in early 90’s). We have the best military in the universe and if we wanted to (which we should) we should go through fallujah with armor, marines, seals...the whole 9 yards. Give all the innocent dwellers 30 minutes to pack up and get out then go in and take care of business once and for all. No Iraqi fighter can match any
of our military. If you want to go to Allah, the Marines and Army will be happy to oblige! The ultimate goal should be peace but when you shoot at us prepare to be shot at back with full force.