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Samarra under siege: American strikes early in the morning

Samarra, Iraq - Also an AC-130 Spectre gunship against the rebels' sites endowed of mortars and rocket-launchers acted

A massive aerial attack would have been performed by US Air Force in Iraq this morning, which would have in particular involved Samarra city, some 100 km North from Baghdad. Soldiers and vehicles of the US armed forces would have almost completely seized the city together with the Iraqi national guard after killing, according to what released by American sources, at least 80 militiamen of the rebellion...

AVIONEWS - World Aeronautical Press Agency - 104392
Rome, Italy, 10/01/2004 12:28
AVIONEWS - World Aeronautical Press Agency

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