American Forces Strike Fallujah

BAGHDAD, Iraq - American forces bombed a suspected hide-out used by the militant group of Abu Musab al-Zarqawi in Fallujah on Tuesday, and the military said its frequent strikes have taken a toll on the leadership of the Jordanian-born terror leader's network.

But in a sign of strength, dozens of militants � some waving banners of al-Zarqawi's Tawhid and Jihad group � drove freely through the streets of another central Iraqi city, Samarra, where U.S. and Iraqi commanders had claimed success weeks ago in suppressing the insurgency. The gunmen waved automatic rifles and rocket-propelled grenade launchers, stopping cars and taking music tapes from passengers � giving them tapes with recitations from the Muslim holy book, the Quran, in exchange.

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[edit on 28-9-2004 by JPL_Insider]