US raid kills 17 Iraqis including 3 children

The American occupation forces yesterday killed 17 Iraqis, including three children and 6 injured, in an air raid launched by its planes against Faluja.

The Iraqi police said that two houses were destroyed in this raid which the American army said it targeted a secure resort for the supporters of the leader of " al-Tawhid Wal-Jihad" leader Abu Musab al-Zarqawi in the residential " Jabal " quarters in the city. The occupation army indicated that this ataack was carried out according to Iraqi intelligence information and others collected by the American forces.