US airstrikes destroyed two foreign fighter safe houses west of Baghdad on Saturday night, killing five insurgents, two women and a child, the US military said on Sunday. Residents put the death toll in the village of al-Lihaib near the town of Garma much higher, saying as many as 24 people had been killed and some buildings levelled. The figures could not be independently confirmed. “Recent intelligence reports indicated the targeted building was being used to harbour foreign fighters. Intelligence reports also verified that several men were present at the targeted building during the time of the raid,” the military said in a statement. “After the air strike destroyed the building, coalition forces were able to determine that five terrorists, along with two women and one child, were killed,” it said. It said a sixth insurgent had been killed and three detained by ground forces.