U.S. says air strikes kill Iraq al Qaeda fighters

BAGHDAD (Reuters) – The U.S. military said its forces
killed an al Qaeda operative they named as Abu Islam and a
number of fighters in air strikes at Karabila, close to Qaim,
on the Syrian border on Tuesday.

“Intelligence leads Coalition forces to believe that Abu
Islam and several of his associates were killed in the air
strike,” a spokeswoman said in Baghdad.

Earlier Arab television station Al Jazeera quoted doctors
as saying at least 40 people were killed in an air strike near
Qaim.