Reply #1: Guardian: Seven dead as US jets target Basra

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Source: The Guardian

9.15am BST
Seven dead as US jets target Basra

Mark Tran and agencies
guardian.co.uk, Thursday April 3 2008

An air strike destroyed a house in Basra, killing one militant,
the US military stated today, but Iraqi police said six civilians
were among the dead.

The attack came in an apparent change of tactics as the Iraqi
government carried out more targeted raids instead of directly
taking on militia men after a week of fierce clashes that spread
to Baghdad and other southern cities.

Supporters of the radical cleric, Moqtada al-Sadr, accused the
Iraqi army of violating an Iranian-brokered agreement that ended
last week's fighting.

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Read more: http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2008/apr/03/iraq