Five Killed, 32 Wounded In US Airstrikes In Fallujah

FALLUJAH, Iraq, Aug 28 (AFP) - Five people were killed and 32 wounded, including women and children, during US air strikes on the notorious Sunni Muslim flashpoint city of Fallujah, medical sources said Saturday.
The bodies and wounded were brought in following the overnight bombing in the northeastern Al-Askari district and around the western perimetre of the city, the sources 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 TV Johnson said Friday.
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.