Also in Baghdad, a senior official of Iraq's Sciences andTechnology Ministry and a female employee were assassinatedMonday, the Interior Ministry said. Thamir Abdul-Latif andthe woman were killed near Baghdad's southeastern Zayonasuburb, said Col. Adnan Abdul-Rahman. In rebel-held Fallujah, American warplanes unleashedstrikes on two houses early Monday, killing at least 11people, including women and children, hospital officialssaid. A strike in the central al-Jumhuriyah area killed ninepeople, including three women and four children, said Dr.Adil Khamis of Fallujah General Hospital. Twelve wereinjured, including six women and three children, he said.They include residents of neighboring houses that weredamaged in the blast. A second strike in the city's southern Al-Shuhadaneighborhood killed two more people, Khamis said. The military said a "precision strike" at about 1 a.m.(1000 GMT Sunday) hit a building where about 25 insurgentswere moving weapons on the outskirts of Fallujah.--SPA1307 Local Time 1007 GMT www.spa.gov.sa/207885