"Multi-National forces take great care to minimize collateral damage and civilian casualties," the military statement said. "Terrorists' placement of weapons caches in homes, schools, hospitals and mosques continue to put innocent civilians at risk."
Meanwhile, al Jazeera television reported that an Iraqi militant group said it had kidnapped 10 people, including two Indonesian women who work for an electronics firm.
Two wounded Iraqi boys are treated at the Yarmouk hospital in Baghdad on Thursday.
(Ceerwan Aziz - Reuters)
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According to Reuters, the Arab news network aired a videotape from the "Islamic Army in Iraq, the western leadership" showing three men held captive.
It said the other hostages were six Iraqis and two Lebanese nationals, but that the group made no demands.
The tape showed two of the hostages kneeling under a black banner carrying the group's name, with masked men holding machine guns above their heads.
It was not clear if the group was a division of the Islamic Army in Iraq that is holding two French journalists hostage.
Militants have seized scores of foreign hostages in Iraq since April. Most of them have been released, but around 30 have been killed.
Barbash reported from Washington.
