Iraqi city of Mosul under bombardment: Al-Jazeera

DOHA (AFP) Mar 28, 2003
The northern Iraqi city of Iraq came under bombardment at around 11:40 pm (2040 GMT) on Friday, according to the correspondent there of Arabic-language television Al-Jazeera.

"It is the first bombardment of the day," the correspondent said, adding that ambulances were seen rushing toward the sites of various explosions.

The attack was almost simultaneous with a new wave of bombardment by coalition warplanes hitting southeast Baghdad around 11:45 pm (2045 GMT).

Early Thursday, a heavy air raid by US and British coalition forces killed or wounded more than 50 civilians in Mosul, a city of some 300,000 in a majority Kurdish region, according to Al-Jazeera.

The city, which lies on the River Tigris around 450 kilometres (280 miles) northeast of Baghdad, has been bombed every day since March 21 by coalition forces fighting to topple Iraqi President Saddam Hussein.

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