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All anf some pa! ere a 4bdf oah SuW! 1,1 By Bassem Mroue THE ASSOCIATED PRESS BAGHDAD, Iraq — U.S. warplanes unleashed devastat ing airstrikes on a suspected hideout where operatives from an al-Qaida-linked group were meeting Monday, and hospital officials said 20 people died. One strike hit an ambulance as it sped away with wounded, a hospital official said; the U.S. military said innocent lives were spared. Also Monday, a video posted on a Web site in the name of the militants — led by Jordanian- born terrorist Abu Musab al-Zar- qawi — purportedly showed the beheading of a kidnapped Turk ish truck driver. Al-Zarqawi is blamed for a string of terror at tacks in Iraq, including bomb ings and the slayings of other hostages. Washington has a $10 million bounty on his head. The U.S. military said jets car ried out the strike on a site in Fal lujah, where several members of a group led by al-Zarqawi were meeting. It was at least the fifth airstrike in the past week on the city, indicating the high priority, U.S. officials place on destroy ing al-Zarqawi’s group. Warplanes hit the city west of Baghdad after “intelligence sources reported the presence of several al-Zarqawi opera tives who have been respon sible for numerous terrorist attacks against Iraqi civilians, Iraqi Security Forces and mul tinational forces,” the military said in a statement. “Intelligence reports indi cated that only Zarqawi opera tives and associates were at the meeting location at the time of the strike,” the statement said. “Based on analysis of these re ports, Iraqi Security Forces and multinational forces effectively and accurately targeted these ter rorists while protecting the lives of innocent civilians.” Iraqi witnesses said a mar ket. homes and an ambulance Airstrikes target terror group U.S. airstrikes in Fallujah on Monday came a day after a surge in violence killed 78 people and wounded about 200 across Iraq. / Dahuk Province ► The governor escaped an assassination attempt when a roadside bomb went off as his car was \ passing by. SYRIA JORDAN‘ 100 mi R A Q Baghdad Fallujah O- ► Explosions rocked the center of the city a day after 37 died in violence. 100 km U.S. warplanes bombed suspected ^ militant hideout, killing at least 20 people, X,/ wounding 29, including seven in an ambulance. ► South of Baghdad: Militants blew up a police station in Latifiyah on Sunday, after forcing officers out. / IRAN ^Phmtes R i NITED KING SECTOR , KUWAIT SAUDI ARABIA SOURCE: ESRI were hit. “We did not hit a market place,” said Maj. Jay Antonel- li in a statement, but there was no immediate comment on the accusation that an ambulance was hit. The military said reports in dicated the strikes had achieved their aim, but did not name the operatives. “This strike further erodes the capability of the Zar qawi network and increases safe ty and security throughout Iraq,” the military statement said. The airstrike, which wrecked houses and hurled furniture into trees, sent a huge brown cloud over the residential al-Shurta neighborhood. Witnesses said one explosion went off in a market as sell ers were setting up their stalls, wounding several people and shattering windows. An ambu lance was struck while rushing from the area, killing the para medic driver and five wounded patients, hospital official Hamid Salaman said. At least 20 people were AP killed and 29 wounded in the airstrike, said Dr. Ahmad Taher of the Fallujah General Hospi tal. Women and children were among the dead. The hospital was over whelmed with the wounded, its white sheets soiled with blood. One woman who went to the hospital hysterically pulled at her hair. “I lost my son,” she screamed between sobs. “I wish it were me.” U.S. forces pulled out of Fal lujah in April after ending a three-week siege that left hun dreds dead. The U.S. Marines have not patrolled inside Fallu jah since then and Sunni Muslim insurgents have strengthened their hold on the city. A site known for posting the militant group’s messages, meanwhile, released the tape of the Turkish hostage’s slaying digitally dated Aug. 17. The au thenticity of thb tape could not be verified, but it appeared on a Web site known for carrying statements from al-Zarqawi’s group, Tawhid and Jihad. Pressure to end disparities in newborn disease testing vllKE MAC CFI, CFIIj (956)495' t id Repat" ETA! $25 latriation iline enroll of By Lauren Neergaard THE ASSOCIATED PRESS WASHINGTON — Gracie Clay’s mother says her child could still be alive had she been born in, say, Mississippi instead of Georgia: Which state you live in determines whether your newborn is tested for sev eral dozen rare but devastating inherited diseases. Many of these illnesses, like the one that killed 19-month- old Gracie last February, can be treated easily if parents know in time. Testing requires a single drop of blood. But many states mandate newborn testing for only a fraction of the diseases. Next week, a government ad visory committee is expected to move to end the geographic dis parity, as it debates whether ev ery state should test every new born for 30 genetic illnesses. “We should not be having ba bies die because of not having a test that’s relatively simple,” says Dr. R. Rodney Howell, a University of Miami pediatrician who chairs the panel that advises Health and Human Services Sec retary Tommy Thompson. The influential March of Dimes, which has a seat on that advisory panel, isn’t waiting. Last week it decided to increase its own newborn testing recom mendations from nine diseases to 30, persuaded by a long- awaited study from leading ge neticists that forms the crux of next week’s debate. That study, soon to be pub lished in a medical journal, “will put a lot of pressure on states,” predicted March of Dimes’ med ical director, Dr. Nancy Green. “Regardless of what the advisory committee does ... this is going to irrevocably change newborn screening in the U.S.” Meanwhile, what’s the advice for expectant parents? Check what tests your state requires now. If it’s fewer than 30, “we do have to suggest that the fam ily at least consider a private screening lab,” Green says. Ex tra testing costs $25 to $100, de pending on the lab. “If I’d just known about new born screening,” laments Molly Clay of Atlanta. Although a public health worker, she didn’t learn until Gracie died that Geor gia tested for eight diseases, but not her daughter’s. The state is adding that one to its list. “The state you live in decides the fate of your child if you’re not aware,” says Clay, who en courages parents to seek that supplemental testing. is avails 1 veek- cof ; itact rest of 7591. 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