14 killed in raid aimed at foreign militants

A UNITED STATES air strike targeting a purported fighting position used by foreign militants in Fallujah demolished a house and killed 14 people, hospital and local officials said yesterday.

Interim Iraqi Prime Minister Iyad Allawi gave the go-ahead for the attack, according to his office and the US military. It was the sixth strike on the city since June 19.

In previous strikes, the United States said it was targeting safe houses used by the network of Abu Musab al-Zarqawi, the Jordanian militant blamed for masterminding car bombings and other attacks in Iraq.