I have checked AP, UPI, Reuters, they don't have any thing up yet.
pdated: 15:37, Thursday March 16, 2006
The US military says it has launched its biggest air assault in Iraq since the invasion in 2003.
It says the operation involves more than 50 aircraft and 1,500 Iraqi and US troops as well as 200 tactical vehicles.
The target is suspected insurgents operating near the town of Samarra, 60 miles north of Baghdad.
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