Iraq announces, US denies bombardment of positions in Southern Iraq

The British and American planes on Thursday bombarded the civilian areas in southern Iraq, but no news reported casualties.

Iraqi official sources said that the American and British warplanes bombarded by missiles the province of Waset and this resulted in destroying several houses and fears among the civilians.

The US has denied what was announced by the Iraqi official sources on that British and American planes carried out a raid on southern Iraq in which several houses were destroyed.

News reports quoted the spokesman for the American national security council as saying that there are no reports about military activities for the Allied warplanes in Iraq.