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08/19/2004:
"U.S. Warplanes Bomb Sunni Town of Falluja"
ReutersFALLUJA, Iraq (Reuters) - U.S. warplanes bombed targets in the restive Sunni Muslim town of Falluja west of Baghdad, witnesses said.
The raid on Falluja coincided with heavy aerial and ground U.S. bombardment in the Shi'ite holy city of Najaf.
U.S. warplanes have bombed Falluja almost daily over the past week. The city of 200,000 people is a hotbed of anti-U.S. insurgents.
Sunni insurgents. Shi'a insurgents. What happens when they band together?
