US launches massive Iraq air raid
US bombers and fighter jets have dropped 40,000lb (18,144kg) of bombs on suspected al-Qaeda targets on the edge of Baghdad in a 10-minute air strike.
The attack on the Arab Jabour district, said to be a safe haven for al-Qaeda in Iraq, was part of the wider Operation Phantom Phoenix launched on Tuesday.
Nine US soldiers have been killed since the start of the operation.
It comes as a World Health Organization survey says 151,000 Iraqis have died violently since the 2003 invasion.
Original story by the BBC.
