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Wednesday, April 11, 2007

just imagine this: stray rockets hitting YOUR child's school

imagine living like this day to day. sending your babies off to school and not knowing if they will come home or not

What police described as a stray Katyusha rocket struck a schoolyard in eastern Baghdad, killing a 6-year-old boy.
Photo Credit: Photos By Adil Al-khazali -- Associated Press Photo

Troops Backed by Helicopters Battle Insurgents in Baghdad
Fighting in Sunni Enclave Is Heaviest of Security Offensive


By Sudarsan Raghavan Washington Post Foreign Service

BAGHDAD, April 10 -- With attack helicopters firing into the streets below, U.S. and Iraqi forces fought Sunni gunmen in a densely packed downtown enclave on Tuesday, the heaviest fighting seen in the capital since the launch of a security offensive eight weeks ago.
The U.S. military said four Iraqi army soldiers and three insurgents were killed and 16 American soldiers were wounded in a street battle that raged throughout the day in the Fadhel neighborhood. The military reported one civilian casualty, an injured child, but witnesses said that they saw at least 18 bodies, including those of civilians, and that a dozen people were injured.................

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