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Iraqi minister gives initial toll of more than 350 killed
Baghdad, Mar 27: Iraq`s health minister Umid Medhat Mubarak said today that more than 350 people have been killed and about 3,600 injured since the start of US-led military strikes on March 20.
Baghdad, Mar 27: Iraq's health minister Umid Medhat Mubarak said today that more than 350 people have been killed and about 3,600 injured since the start of US-led military strikes on March 20.
The minister, at a press conference in the Iraqi capital,
said the casualty toll was “approximate”; and included mostly
children, women and the elderly.
He accused coalition forces in southern Iraq of targeting a hospital and two ambulances in al-Nasiriyah, injuring a driver, and of destroying a medical centre in Najaf and killing an ambulance driver there.
The coalition was using “cluster bombs” against civilians in Basra and Baghdad, Mubarak charged. Bureau Report
He accused coalition forces in southern Iraq of targeting a hospital and two ambulances in al-Nasiriyah, injuring a driver, and of destroying a medical centre in Najaf and killing an ambulance driver there.
The coalition was using “cluster bombs” against civilians in Basra and Baghdad, Mubarak charged. Bureau Report