Several killed by US snipers in Ramadi

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http://english.aljazeera.net/NR/exeres/1B07A509-19B7-4441-9740-B7099B34CA37.htm

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Five Iraqis have been killed and 13 more injured by US sniper fire in clashes in the city of Ramadi, medical sources say.

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Aljazeera has learned that a military base was hit by mortar rounds in al-Dura district in south Baghdad, an attack that developed into a large skirmish around an elementary school close by.

US forces have not confirmed the raid or whether it resulted in casualties. However, Iraqi journalist Haza Afif witnessed a second attack on US forces at Khan Dhari, a town on the road to Falluja.

"A car exploded as a military convoy passed by, resulting in the complete destruction of a troop carrier and an armoured car. There were at least five casualties, one most certainly dead," he said.