At least 35 people were killed in violence overnight in the Sunni insurgent stronghold of Ramadi in what local police said today was a US military raid.
An Iraqi police source said US forces raided the al-Dhubat district late on Monday and several houses were destroyed.
A doctor at Ramadi's main hospital said at least 35 were killed in the attack on the city, which is around 70 miles west of Baghdad. He believed other bodies had still not been retrieved because access to the area was limited by continuing military operations.
At least 17 were reported wounded.
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Local residents said US tanks had fired into the area and that those who died were not militants. Several said young men gathered to play a traditional street game had been attacked.