U.S. Bomb Error Kills at Least 5 in Iraq

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U.S. Bomb Error Kills at Least 5 in Iraq

16 minutes ago Middle East - AP


By NICK WADHAMS, Associated Press Writer

BAGHDAD, Iraq - The United States military said it dropped a 500-pound bomb on the wrong house outside the northern city of Mosul on Saturday, killing five people. The man who owned the house said the bomb killed 14 people, and an Associated Press photographer said seven of them were children.


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