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American fighter-bombers performed a strike on the Iraqi city of Hit

Hit, Iraq - According to local hospital sources, there would be some 6 casualties and 9 injured people

Iraqi city of Hit (in the Anbar Province), located some 100 km North-West from Baghdad, would have suffered for an aerial strike this morning due to missions performed by the US fighter-bombers. According to US armed forces' sources in Iraq, an air-to-surface missile would have hit rebels' sites but some spokesmen from the local hospital authorities would have stated that at least 6 persons would have...

AVIONEWS - World Aeronautical Press Agency - 110307
Rome, Italy, 12/21/2004 15:37
AVIONEWS - World Aeronautical Press Agency

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