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Iraq: US airstrikes over Ramadi on the referendum's next day

Ramadi, Iraq - The insurgent stronghold of Ramadi has been hit

It is not yet sure, but Iraqi nationals who went to the polls on Saturday, could have passed the new Constitution (see for details AVIONEWS). Meanwhile, episodes of violence have not found an end and US planes would have carried out a bombing yesterday, targeting one of the most hot city of Iraq’s Sunni triangle, West to Baghdad, Ramadi. According to medical sources, the airstrike may have killed 2...

AVIONEWS - World Aeronautical Press Agency - 129091
Rome, Italy, 10/17/2005 13:21
AVIONEWS - World Aeronautical Press Agency

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