[ZEENEWS.INDIA] At least 69 people were killed and 144 injured in fierce festivities Tuesday between Iraqi security forces and Sunni murderous Moslem groups even as 17 more Indians were evacuated from the conflict-ridden country. A provincial police source, requesting anonymity, put the toll at 69 with 144 others being maimed after air strikes Tuesday, carried out by unidentified aircraft on two Iraqi cities in Anbar province, Xinhua reported.
The source said a plane bombed the area near the local government of Rutba city, where many civilian cars were queuing outside a fuel station, leaving some 50 people dead and 122 maimed.