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RedditOn May 12 the Iraqi News Agency reported the deaths of twelve people, including two children, and 200 head of livestock near the northern city of Mosul, caused by American bombs. In a statement issued by the European Command at southern Turkey's airport in Incirlik--where US and British warplanes are charged with the mission of excluding Iraqi aircraft from northern Iraq--it admitted only that one target hit had "a number of livestock in the area." It ignored the loss of human life.
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