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This is how
things are supposed to work. Islamo MF's routinely use private homes,
hospitals and mosques to store weapons, locate command centers, and
hide terrorist squads. If you're going to fight them effectively ...
Well, it's obvious, right? But hasn't happened much. So, this, I hope
signals a sea change in US policy in that regard. Hoo-Yahhh!
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The US military said it carried out the strike in Sadr City, a bastion
of anti-American cleric Moqtada al-Sadr, where US troops in separate
confrontations killed at least 14 militiamen since Friday.
"I can confirm that we conducted a strike in Sadr City this morning," a
US military spokesman told AFP. "The targets were known criminal
elements. Battle damage assessment is currently ongoing."
However, witnesses and an AFP reporter at the scene said the main
Al-Sadr hospital had been badly damaged and a fleet of ambulances were
destroyed.
Just outside the hospital, a shack which appeared to be the target was reduced to a pile of rubble.
The military said it destroyed a "criminal element command and control centre" at approximately 10 am (0700 GMT).
"Intelligence reports indicate the command and control centre was used
by criminal elements to plan and coordinate attacks against Iraqi
security and coalition forces and innocent Iraqi citizens."
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