Iraq: Eight killed in warplane bombs

Early-morning bombing by US warplanes on the largely Sunni city of Samarrah killed at least eight people, Iraqi hospital officials said today.

The US military said a series of 230 kilogram (500lb) bombs were dropped on “known enemy locations” near the city, about 95 kilometres (60 miles) north of Baghdad, in an operation called Cajun Mousetrap III, which began just after midnight on Friday.