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US fighter hit a private house by mistake in Mosul

Mosul, Iraq - A guided bomb was mistakenly dropped over a target different from the previously designated one, killing at least 5 civilians

US military authorities located in Iraq revealed only this week that a F-16 Fighting Falcon multirole light fighter performed a strike mission over Mosul on last Saturday to support troops on the ground, but hitting a house by mistake where at least five civilians would have been. The American military representatives added that the combat aircraft was performing a close support operation, ad the USA's...

AVIONEWS - World Aeronautical Press Agency - 111676
Rome, Italy, 01/11/2005 13:09
AVIONEWS - World Aeronautical Press Agency

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