US air assault kills 13 civilians in Iraqi: medics

By AFP/Reuters

05/04/06 "ABC" -- -- At least 13 people were killed on Thursday in an air assault by US forces on a house in Iraq's restive city of Ramadi, according to medics .

"US planes bombed a house in Aziziyah area of Ramadi city centre, killing 13 civilians," Ali al-Obeidi, a medic at the Ramadi hospital told AFP, adding that four people were wounded.

The US military confirmed it had conducted the assault but did not give casualty figures.

Last month, US marines waged a fierce firefight with rebels who attacked government headquarters in Ramadi with car bombs, rockets and machine guns.

Meanwhile two US soldiers were killed on Thursday when a roadside bomb hit their vehicle in south-central Baghdad, the US military said in a statement. AFP/Reuters

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