U S military kills 12 rebels in Iraq

BAGHDAD, Apr 26 : Twelve suspected Iraqi militants and a woman were killed in a US raid and air strike on a house in a town just south of Baghdad, the military said in a statement today.

As US troops closed in on a house believed to be used by two foreign fighters yesterday, they came under fire, a US military statement said.

''The troops initially killed five terrorists outside of the safe house and then called for an air strike,'' it said.

''After the precision air strike, the ground troops conducted a tactical search of the destroyed safe house and located the bodies of seven more terrorists and a woman.'' The statement said US forces were trying to determine the identity of those killed. It did not say how it was known all the men were rebels, although it said each of the dead men were wearing a magazine vest and carrying two grenades.

Reuters

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