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From Monsters and Critics.com Middle East News Baghdad - US air raids struck Wednesday militants' hideouts in the city of Hillah, some 100 kilometres south of Baghdad, killing 60 militants and damaging houses in the city, media reports said Thursday. The Voices of Iraq (VOI) news agency said that the attack on Hillah was based on an Iraqi request. Abdul-Latif Rayan, media spokesman of multinational forces, told VIO that the airstrikes on Hillah came as Iraqi forces requested the help of the multinational forces to fight militants in the city. Iraqi forces and militants have been intensively fighting in Hillah's Zahraa district since Tuesday, leaving three Iraqi troops wounded. © Copyright 2007 by monstersandcritics.com. This notice cannot be removed without permission. |