By Prensa Latina
Baghdad : US troops stormed a nursery school in the Iraqi capital on Tuesday, destroying windows, doors, toys, and arresting the security guards of the facility, the Iraqi government confirmed.
Local authorities were surprised at the American troop ó s incursion into Al Kanari nursery school, in the Baghdad neighbourhood of Sader City, searching for resistance fighters and weapons.
According to the government release, the American troops destroyed part of the facility and several toys, as well as detained three security guards.
The US military made no comments on the offensive.
Also on Tuesday, the US Navy reported the death of a member of the USS Hopper warship during an operation in the Persian Gulf on Thursday.
Meanwhile, the US Command Tuesday announced the launching of operation Phantom Phoenix, aimed at searching and neutralizing the insurgency.