US airstrike kills 13 west of Baghdad: Military

Baghdad, Feb 8: US forces killed 13 insurgents in an air strike on two suspected foreign fighter safe houses west of Baghdad today, the US military said.

It said the operation targeted a ''senior foreign fighter facilitator'' northeast of the town of Ameriya, near Falluja, in an area where there is a strong presence of Sunni insurgents.

''This operation significantly reduces foreign fighter facilitators' ability to operate inside Iraq,'' it said in a statement.

Five suspects were detained along with a cache of armour piercing ammunition, which can be used to make roadside bombs.

Reuters