US Troops Kill Three Iraqi Civilians In Anti-al-Qaida Operations

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Source: AFP

SAMARRA, Iraq (AFP)--U.S. soldiers killed three unarmed Iraqi civilians, including a woman, near the central city of Samarra, the U.S. military said Wednesday.

The incident, which is under official investigation, occurred early Wednesday as U.S. troops carried out what the military described as operations targeting al-Qaida.

It said that U.S. soldiers moving towards a building had observed four " suspicious" individuals and had perceived hostile intent after being fired upon.

"The force engaged them, killing two men and a woman, and wounding another woman. A third man, who was detained on site, admitted to working with explosives," the U.S. statement said.

But Nusayf Jassim, a resident on Samarra, 125 kilometers north of Baghdad, told AFP that U.S. soldiers had raided his home in search of insurgents and in the ensuing gunfire his mother and two brothers were killed.

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1. A daily occurance....

I dont even know how to respond anymore.

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2. Really!

It said that U.S. soldiers moving towards a building had observed four " suspicious" individuals and had perceived hostile intent after being fired upon.

What a load of crap,they say that everytime they kill civilians!No explaination of the suspicious activity.They probably saw the soldiers and ran into the building to avoid the soldiers.:-(