Five people were killed and 32 injured, including women and children, during American air strikes on the Iraqi city of Fallujah, medical sources said.
The bodies and injured were brought in following the overnight bombing in the northeastern Al-Askari district and around the western perimetre of the city, the sources told AFP.
in the main northern city of Mosul, a senior woman academic was shot dead by gunmen as she drove to her university department, police said. Iman Abdul Moneam Younis, head of translation at Mosul University's College of Art, died instantly when unknown armed men drew up alongside her in a car and opened fire, before speeding off, said Major Falah Hassan. (albawaba.com)
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