Wed, Jun 20, 2007 - Page 7 News List

US troops launch Iraq offensive

OPERATION ARROWHEAD RIPPER A truck bomb exploded outside a mosque in Baghdad in the opening hours of a US offensive in Iraq, killing 75 and wounding 200

AP , BAGHDAD

More than 60 people, many of them policemen, were injured, authorities said.

Nine mortar shells were launched early yesterday at police headquarters in the town, and three policemen were injured, police said. A vehicle was also destroyed in the shelling, they said.

A curfew was imposed on Nasiriyah on Monday, and were still in effect yesterday.

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