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Red Cross confirms dozens dead after US bomb attack


The Red Cross has confirmed that dozens of Iraqi people, including women and children, have been killed in a US bombing attack on a town south of Baghdad.

Iraqi officials have claimed US helicopters attacked a residential neighbourhood, killing 33 people.

At least 280 injured are being treated in Hillah Surgical Hospital, 60 miles south of Baghdad, said Florian Westphal, spokesman for the International Committee of the Red Cross.

"The dead bodies and the nature of the injuries would suggest that at least some of them are the result of bombing," Mr Westphal said.

Iraqi officials say US Apache helicopters attacked a neighbourhood in Hillah. The US Central Command says it is investigating the claim.

Mr Westphal says he understands some of the casualties come from fighting over the past 48 hours in the town of Hindiya, into which US Army troops fought their way on Monday.

© Associated Press


 

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