Zarqawi, a Jordanian with a $25 million price on his head. Early on Friday, U.S. warplanes destroyed a compound in south central Falluja that the U.S. military said was also used by Zarqawi's militants. Iraq's Health Ministry said at least 45 civilians had been killed in the air strikes. Reuters television images showed bloodied bodies, including women and children, on hospital beds. On Friday evening, U.S. aircraft again attacked targets in Falluja, destroying four houses, residents said. Doctors at Falluja's hospital said at least six people were killed. In the southern city of Basra, British troops raided an office used by supporters of rebel cleric Moqtada al Sadr, whose militiamen launched two bloody uprisings this year in the city of Najaf. The soldiers seized a large quantity of weapons and explosives, a military spokesman said. The raid involving around 100 troops followed an ambush on a British patrol in Basra on Friday in which one soldier was wounded, Major Charlie Mayo told Britain's Sky News from Iraq. --More 2350 Local Time 2050 GMT
