At Ramadi hospital, distraught and grieving families fought
over body parts severed by the airstrikes, staking rival
claims to what they believed to be pieces of their loved ones.
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washingtonpost.com
Iraqis Say Civilians Killed in U.S. Raids
Military Asserts Fatalities in West Were Insurgents
By Ellen Knickmeyer
Washington Post Foreign Service
Tuesday, October 18, 2005; A01
BAGHDAD, Oct. 17 -- A U.S. fighter jet bombed a crowd gathered
around a burned Humvee on the edge of a provincial capital in
western Iraq, killing 25 people, including 18 children,
hospital officials and family members said Monday. The
military said the Sunday raid targeted insurgents planting a
bomb for new attacks.
In all, residents and hospital workers said, 39 civilians and
at least 13 armed insurgents were killed in a day of U.S.
airstrikes in Ramadi, the capital of Anbar province, a Sunni
Arab region with a heavy insurgent presence.
The U.S. military said it killed a total of 70 insurgents in
Sunday's airstrikes and, in a statement, said it knew of no
civilian deaths.
At Ramadi hospital, distraught and grieving families fought
over body parts severed by the airstrikes, staking rival
claims to what they believed to be pieces of their loved ones.
In Albu Fahad, a community on the east edge of Ramadi, family
members gathered Monday in a black funeral tent. A black
banner listed the names of the 18 children and seven adults
allegedly killed by the F-15 strike.
Residents and the U.S. military gave sharply different
accounts of the air raid.
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