FALLUJAH, Iraq, Aug 14 (AFP) - Eight Iraqis were killed and 10 others wounded, mostly women and children, on Saturday after US troops clashed with insurgents in the flashpoint city west of Baghdad and warplanes struck two homes, hospital sources told AFP.
"We have received eight killed and 10 injured," said doctor Ali Khamis at Fallujah's general hospital, adding that the dead included two women and two children.
The US military said earlier it struck positions suspected of being used by insurgents after they attacked a US marine postition on the outskirts of the city at about 2:00 pm (1000 GMT) with rocket propelled grenades and machine gun and small arms fire.
One home in the city's southern Al-Shuhada neighbourhood was leveled while another in the adjacent Al-Jubail area was partially destroyed after the US strikes, an AFP correspondent said.
The homes were struck after US marines clashed with insurgents in the city's eastern Al-Askari neighbourhood, residents said.
Angry residents then buried the dead.
A pick-up truck filled with masked fighters was seen escorting the funeral processions as people shouted slogans against the United States and the interim Iraqi government.
In the last two months US forces have conducted several air strikes in the Sunni Muslim stronghold, 50 kilometers (30 miles) west of Baghdad, on suspected hideouts of fighters linked to alleged Al-Qaeda operative, Abu Mussab al-Zarqawi.