After a week of violence that killed 19 Americans
and challenged the authority of Iraq's interim government in vast areas
of the country, U.S. commanders launched airstrikes Thursday on two
cities controlled by insurgents and sent troops into a third to
reinstall a deposed local government. The Iraqi Health Ministry
said at least 43 people were killed and 111 wounded during air attacks
on Fallujah, 35 miles west of Baghdad, and Tall Afar, a northern city
near the Syrian border. U.S. troops massed outside Tall Afar, in
apparent preparation to move in and restore the local government there. [more ]
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