U.S. airstrikes kill 40 militants, military says

Sunday, June 12, 2005

BAGHDAD, Iraq -- U.S. fighter planes launched airstrikes on an Iraqi town near the Syrian border Saturday, killing about 40 insurgents who were stopping and searching civilian cars, the military said.

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