Children wounded in US 'precision' bombing

US FORCES launched a "precision attack" yesterday against a suspected gathering of insurgents outside a house in the volatile city of Fallujah, the US military said.

There were no deaths but five civilians, including three children, were wounded, said a local hospital official. The US military did not indicate if there were any casualties. The air attack came after a collision between a tank and a van near Baghdad, killing nine people and injuring 10 others, the US military said.

Associated Press Television News footage showed the twisted wreckage of a minibus and several bodies covered by blankets. A small child's orange dress was found amid the wreckage and pools of blood covered the road.