Warplanes target Saddams adviser, battle continues for Baghdad

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Coalition warplanes dropped six precision-guided bombs o­n a building in Ramadi, about 100km from the capital city of Baghdad.

According to CNN , the target was presidential adviser Barzan Ibrahim Hasan al-Tikriti, who was also Saddam Hussein's half-brother.

Central Command said the building was bombed in a "continuing effort to degrade the regime". Damage assessment is o­ngoing.

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