BAGHDAD, Iraq (AP) - US airstrikes destroyed two unoccupied buildings near Fallujah yesterday that the military identified as an insurgent command centre.

US Marines based in the area said the targeted buildings were located about 30 kilometres (18 miles) northwest of Fallujah, the scene of a large scale November campaign west of Baghdad to rout militants responsible for multiple attacks.

"Coalition aircraft today bombed two unoccupied buildings outside Fallujah that had been used as an insurgent command centre, weapons hide-site and detention and possible torture facility," the military said in a statement.

It was unclear if there were any casualties caused in the attack near Fallujah, which is 65 kilometres (40 miles) west of the Iraqi capital.

Ground forces inspected the site following the bombings and discovered mortar wounds, machine gun ammunition, homemade bomb-making materials and anti-coalition propaganda, the statement added.

The attack took place on the final day of the week-long US Marine-led Operation Matador conducted near the Syrian border aimed at destroying fighters allied to Jordanian-born militant Abu Musab al-Zarqawi.

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