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Reuters: Iraq - US-UK Raid Kills Six Civilians In Basra

BAGHDAD (Reuters) - Six Iraqi civilians were killed and 15 wounded in an overnight raid by U.S. and British planes on the southern port city of Basra, an Iraqi military spokesman said on Tuesday.

The spokesman, in a statement on the state Iraqi News Agency, said the planes patrolling a "no-fly" zone over southern Iraq entered Iraqi airspace at 9:45 p.m. (1845 GMT) on Monday and later targeted civilian sites in the province of Basra.

He said Iraqi anti-aircraft units fired at the planes which returned to bases in Kuwait.

The United States military said warplanes taking part in U.S.-British air patrols on Monday attacked five air defense targets in the southern no-fly zone in response to anti-aircraft fire from the ground.