US Army Iraq
U.S. Army 3rd Division 3-7 Bradley fighting vehicles take up a position along a road March 19, 2003 inside the demilitarized zone between Kuwait and Iraq.
  • The US conducted a "self-defense strike" against a target in Iraq on Sunday afternoon.
  • Reuters reported five militants were killed as they prepared to launch explosives at US forces.
  • The Islamic Resistance has vowed retaliation for the deaths, per Reuters.

Five Iraqi militants were killed Sunday in an airstrike as they prepared to launch explosives toward American forces, according to multiple reports.