US bombs kill four civilians in Fallujah

US aircraft bombed Fallujah yesterday as troops continued to battle insurgents accused of sheltering foreign militants led by America’s top enemy in Iraq, Abu Musab al-Zarqawi.

The battles subsided at dusk after US forces pulled back from forward positions, witnesses said. Four civilians, including a child, were killed in the violence, hospital officials said. A child and a woman were among 12 wounded.

In Baghdad, a mortar round hit an arms collection depot in Sadr City, killing two Iraqi National Guards and a civilian, shortly before interim Prime Minister Iyad Allawi was due there.