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US air raids hit 40 al-Qaeda targets in Baghdad

Other News Materials 10 January 2008 15:39 (UTC +04:00)

( dpa ) - US air strikes hit more than 40 targets of the al-Qaeda terrorist network in southern Baghdad, dropping 40,000 pounds of explosives within the first 10 minutes, a US military statement said Thursday.

The strikes provided air support to a nationwide offensive launched jointly with Iraqi forces against al-Qaeda insurgents under the codename Operation Phantom Phoenix.

Casualties and other details were not immediately available.

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