From AP…

A U.S. attack killed 19 insurgents and 15 civilians, including nine children, northwest of the capital Thursday — one of the heaviest civilian death tolls in an American operation in recent months.

On another front, the Iraqi resistance fighters continue targeting occupation troops…

An attack on the main US base near Baghdad has killed two members of the US-led forces and wounded 38 people, the US military has said.
Camp Victory, a garrison that houses the headquarters of American forces in Iraq, was hit by either a rocket or a mortar on Wednesday, officials said.

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In Washington…

An injured survivor and relatives of three Iraqis killed in Baghdad on Sept. 16 when employees of private security company Blackwater USA opened fire on civilians sued the firm in U.S. court on Thursday.
The Center for Constitutional Rights, a legal advocacy group, said it filed the suit charging that Blackwater and its affiliates violated U.S. law in committing “extrajudicial killings and war crimes.”