US Jets Strike Iraq Guerrilla Positions

World | November 18, 2003, Tuesday // 00:00
US Jets Strike Iraq Guerrilla Positions A strategic target in the Iraqi city of Kirkuk is destroyed during an air strike. The special combined-arms operation aims to crush insurgents in the war-torn country. Photo by AP

US fighter jets crushed suspected insurgent positions on Tuesday in the largest bombardment of guerrillas in central Iraq since US President Bush declared the end of major combat in May. In northern Iraq, guerrillas detonated a roadside bomb, wounding two soldiers, the military said. On Monday, a US civilian contractor was killed in an insurgent attack near Baghdad, the military said without elaborating. The military has reacted forcefully to an upsurge in guerrilla activity in central and northern Iraq. On Monday, six insurgents were killed in gun battles and 99 suspects were reportedly detained in a series of sweeps.

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