U.S. Aircraft Bomb Insurgents In Fallujah

FALLUJAH, Iraq, Aug 27 (AFP) - US troops bombed insurgents who opened fire on one of its aircraft Friday evening around the notorious Sunni Muslim flashpoint city of Fallujah, the military said.
"A vehicle-mounted weapon system opened fire on one of our air assets and that system was taken out with a missile. It was then strafed with guns from the air at about 8:30 pm (1630 GMT)," Lieutenant Colonel T.V Johnson said.
He said there were no US casualties and that he had no information on the number of insurgents who were manning the weapon in question.
Fallujah, where US marines come under almost daily attack, has proved one of the biggest headaches for the US military since last year's invasion and air strikes are regularly carried out against the city.