- FALLUJAH (AP) -- At least
two people were killed and three wounded in explosions that rocked the
rebel-held city of Fallujah today, hospital officials said.
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- The cause of the blasts was not immediately known but
a pair of US warplanes were seen repeatedly swooping over the area that
was hit by at least seven blasts, witnesses said. Thick plumes of smoke
leaped up into the sky.
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- The US military had no immediate comment.
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- Dhia Adel of Fallujah General Hospital said the two killed
and three wounded were city municipal employees using a bulldozer to work
on construction projects near the Fallujah railway station.
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- US jets have repeatedly targeted cranes and bulldozers
on the edge of the city after intelligence showed they were being used
by militants to build fortified positions.
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- The Americans have launched attacks against buildings
used by alleged terror mastermind Abu Musab al-Zarqawi.
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- Zarqawi's Tawhid and Jihad Group has claimed responsibility
for a series of car bombings, kidnappings and other assaults meant to destabilise
the US-backed interim authorities.
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- American troops have not entered Fallujah since ending
a three-week siege of the city in April that left hundreds dead.
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