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Iraq claims US-British bombers kill 11 on football pitch

A US-British airstrike on a football field in northern Iraq has killed 11 people and injured 11, Iraqi authorities have claimed.

Iraq claims US-British bombers kill 11 on football pitch

Wed, 20 Jun, 2001 - 15:40

A US-British airstrike on a football field in northern Iraq has killed 11 people and injured 11, Iraqi authorities have claimed.

Allied planes have attacked Tall Afar, 440 kilometres north west of Baghdad, the capital, the Iraqi News Agency said.

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