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November 15, 2004

US strikes Baquba, killing 20

Topics: Middle East News and Perspectives

Reported in the China News Agency:
BAGHDAD, Nov. 15 (Xinhuanet) -- The US forces on Monday launched two air strikes and ground fire on Iraq's flashpoint city of Baquba after clashes between insurgents and the Iraqi security forces, killing some 20, reports reaching here from Baquba said.

   The new wave of violence burst out when insurgents attacked the US soldiers and Iraqi police in Baquba, which prompted the US forces to drop two 500-pound bombs on suspected insurgent targets in the southern outskirts of the city, confirmed US military spokesman Captain Bill Coppernoll.

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