40 dead in US mosque attack
2004-04-07 15:00
Fallujah, Iraq - US marines pressing an offensive in this Iraqi town west of Baghdad bombed a mosque in the centre of the town on Wednesday and killed up to 40 people inside, a marine officer said.
The attack came from a jet aircraft at a high angle to minimise the impact, the officer said.
"We wanted to kill the people inside," said Lieutenant Colonel Brennan Byrne.
- AFP