Surge or Rampage? US Hits Iraqi Suburb, Daycare Center

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PL via Granma International - Jan 11, 2008
http://www.granma.cu/ingles/2008/enero/vier11/crime.html

U.S. attack on Iraqi suburb described as a crime

BAGHDAD, Jan 11 (PL)."The Ulemas Council of Iraq today described as a
horrific crime the bombing of a suburban area of the capital
perpetrated yesterday by U.S. planes.

The Council " the leading organization of the Sunni Muslim community "
charged the U.S. armed forces with attacking a residential area in Arab
Jabour, a suburb south of Baghdad.

The clerics affirmed in a communiqu(c) that the target of the bombing "
which resulted in dozens of dead and injured " was a civilian district
with no military positions of any insurgent organization.

There has been no official statement from the occupation forces on
deaths or material damages in Arab Jabour, which U.S. combat planes
flew over yesterday, dropping 18,000 kilograms of explosives.

The religious leaders are holding the United States responsible for any
consequences resulting from that action against civilians, and called
on the Arab League to make a statement on the issue.

Yesterdays attack was executed by two B-1 bombers and four F-16
hunters and is linked to Operation Phantom Phoenix, a series of
offensives by U.S. and national troops on territories where they claim
the resistance is active.

The U.S. command, which did not respond to the accusations of the
Ulemas Council, alleged that the objective of current military
operations is to dismantle rebel bastions and their logistic sup****t
networks.

Translated by Granma International

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Granma International - Jan 9, 2008
http://www.granma.cubaweb.cu/english/news/art96.html

US Troops Attack Daycare Center in Iraq

BAGHDAD, January 8." US troops attacked a daycare center in a Baghdad
suburb, violently entering the facility, destroying doors and windows
and breaking toys in an action that even took the Iraqi government by
surprise because no weapons, explosives or resistance fighters were
found, re****ted DPA.

Meanwhile, the US Army admitted Tuesday the loss of one of its soldiers
participating in a major operation in the north of the country. The
Navy also re****ted the death of a crew member of the USS Hopper who
fell into the waters of the Persian Gulf during a combat operation.

In the northern Iraqi town of Hawija, a leader of the Iraqi
paramilitary forces that sup****t the US led occupation was killed. 

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