US mil: 7 Iraqis killed in raid north of Baghdad

BAGHDAD, Iraq A military statement says those killed Friday in the Sunni town of Adwar include four suspected insurgents and three women. It says a child has been pulled from the rubble and is being treated at a nearby U.S. base.

The military says the U.S. troops were targeting a man believed to be the leader of a bombing network in an area north of Baghdad.

It says ground forces killed the main suspect and called in an airstrike that killed three additional suspected insurgents along with three women.

Iraqi officials and neighbors say the family had no connection to the insurgency.

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