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This is an archive article published on October 21, 2004

US raids kill family in Falluja

US warplanes killed a family of six in raids against rebels led by Al-Qaeda ally Abu Musab Al-Zarqawi, while a top international aid agency ...

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US warplanes killed a family of six in raids against rebels led by Al-Qaeda ally Abu Musab Al-Zarqawi, while a top international aid agency suspended Iraq operations on Wednesday after its manager was kidnapped.

A witness saw a man and a woman and four children, two boys and two girls, being pulled out of the rubble of a razed home in the rebel-held city of Falluja.

The US military denied a family of six was killed, saying it launched four strikes against safehouses used by Zarqawi’s fighters.

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‘‘Intelligence sources indicate a known Zarqawi propagandist is passing false reports to the media,’’ it said in a statement.

‘‘Is this the gift that (interim Iraqi Prime Minister) Iyad Allawi is giving to the people of Falluja?’’ asked one man, pointing to the bodies of two of the children lying in the trunk of a car. — Reuters

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