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Monday, November 14, 2005

Ramadi: US Strikes Leave 50 Dead in Rubble

The innocent Iraqi civilian death toll from these US 'offensives' keeps rising. How much longer must these people suffer?

From t r u t h o u t

Bodies Found After US Iraq Offensive

Reuters

Saturday 12 November 2005

"Ramadi, Iraq - An Iraqi Red Crescent doctor said on Saturday more than 50 bodies had been found in the rubble of a town near the Syrian border which U.S.-led troops swept through this week in an anti-insurgent offensive.

Around 2,500 U.S. troops and 1,000 Iraqi soldiers launched Operation Steel Curtain a week ago around the western town of Qusayba. They conducted house-to-house searches to root out insurgents and destroyed a number of houses in airstrikes."


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