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American air raids in Iraq: 56 killed, 110 wounded (hospital) At least 56 people were killed and 110 others wounded in the night of Wednesday to Thursday with Kout (180 km in the south-east of Baghdad) by bombardments of the United States Air Force, one learned from hospital sources. Partisans of the radical head Shiite Moqtada Sadr and the many civil ones, whose children, appear among the victims, according to Khader Fadal Arar, doctor as a head of the hospital of Kout. "the American planes started to bombard the Al-Chakia district, in the south of Kout, Thursday little after...

Ukraine Troops Pull of Of KutUkrainian troops Wednesday withdrew from the Iraqi city of Kut, south of the capital Baghdad after heavy fighting with supporters of radical Shiite Muslim Cleric Moqtada Sadr who now control the city, the defense ministry said.'At the request of the Americans, and to preserve the life of our military, the commander of the Ukrainian contingent decided to evacuate the civil administration staff and Ukrainian troops from Kut,' the ministry said in a statement.'The operation began at dawn Wednesday..under escort from attack helicopters,' the ministry added.

World. Three polish soldiers were injured in Iraq while patrolling Karbali. The wounds are not life threatening and they will be fine, according to TVN24. Group of soldiers from Poland, Bulgaria, and USA, constantly patrol city Karbali. Rpg’s were fired towards the convoy injuring them, but no other causalities are report it at this time. This is according by Robert Strzelecki, who is responsible for multi international coalition forces in that area. Also President will be on FNC any moment now talking about job training program. He will also speak about Iraq. Bogdan