Four Iraqis were killed by an American missile in Falluja

Four Iraqis from Falluja city were killed and other three wounded yesterday evening by a missile fired by one American plane at a house in the city.

Witnesses said they saw ambulances hurrying to the house which was targeted by the American raid, stressing that a common Iraqi family lives in that house. So far no comment has been made by the American forces.

This is, however, the fifth raid launched by the American planes against the city within two weeks, in the context of what the Americans said a campaign against shelters used by Abu Mus'an al-Zarqawi network who is accused by carrying out scores of attacks against its forces in Iraq.

Earlier in the day, five Iraqis were injured in Musil to the north of Baghdad as a result of bomb explosion, placed on the sideline, according to an American military source.

One persons was injured in al-Samawa to the south of Iraq when an explosive went off targeting an American vehicle. In Baqouba to the north east of Baghdad, unidentified gunmen on Sunday evening killed the brother of the supreme judge and one of his relatives.

On the other hand, the Shiite leader Muqtada al-Sader vowed to continue resistance against " repression and occupation." In a statement read by his spokesman, Ahmad al-Sheibani in al-Najaf, he said that there is " no truce with the occupation and collaborators with it." He also doubted the legitimacy of Allawi government and called for holding elections.

For its part, the American forces released a new batch of Iraqi detainees from Abu Ghreib prison including 317 detainees representing the 9th batch among those who were released since the prison's scandal, according to an American military spokesman. Thereby, number of released Iraqis increased to 2200.