'32 dead' as US forces strike Fallujah hideouts
US forces pounded suspected hideouts of an al-Qaida-linked group in the Sunni insurgent stronghold of Fallujah and nearby villages this morning, killing at least 32 people and wounding 48 others.
An initial wave of strikes late last night targeted a compound in Fazat Shnetir, about 12 miles south of Fallujah, where militants loyal to Jordanian-born militant Abu Musab al-Zarqawi were gathering to plot attacks on coalition forces, the military said in a statement.
