Middle East News
US troops kill three Iraqis in raid north of Baghdad
Jul 30, 2011, 10:46 GMT
Baghdad- US troops killed three Iraqi civilians and injured six during a Saturday pre-dawn raid on a village in the province of Salah al-Din, north of Baghdad, a local clan chief said.
Sheikh Youssef Ahmed Hassan said the US forces opened fire after a local villager fired into the air.
'The villager thought that the US troops were operatives from al-Qaeda,' he told the German Press Agency dpa.
An exchange of fire between the villagers and the US soldiers left three local men dead, and four women and two children injured, according to Hassan.
Iraqi police sources confirmed the incident, the first of its kind in the province since an Iraqi-US security pact went into force in 2008.
Fears have mounted in Iraq that organizations affiliated to al-Qaeda will seek revenge for the killing of its leader Osama bin Laden in a US operation in Pakistan in May.
COMMENT
blog comments powered by DisqusLatest Headlines in Middle East
- 1. Jerusalem prelate tells Arab Spring youth to have confidence
- 2. More than 100 killed in Syria ahead of ceasefire deadline
- 3. At least 43 killed in Syria, despite UN criticism
- 4. 19 killed in Syria as ceasefire deadline approaches
- 5. Pilgrims flock to Jerusalem for Easter, Passover
Older Talkback
