9 Iraqi civilians accidentally killed by US military!!!


	9 Iraqi civilians accidentally killed by US military!!!

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2-4-2008 5:01 AM

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2-4-2008 8:20 AM

tabsey

9 out of a million isn't bad. The others were deliberate.

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<div style="margin: 12px 0px; font-family: arial; color: #333333; background: #ffffff; border: solid 4px #e5e5e5; width: 100%; clear: left;"><div class="CM_CTB_Content_Wrap" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;background-color: #ffffff;"><div style="border-bottom: solid 1px #dcdcdc; white-space: nowrap; margin-bottom: 8px; background-color: #eeeeee ;background-image: url(http://clipmarks.com/images/source-bg.gif); background-repeat: repeat-x; height: 24px; line-height: 24px; vertical-align: middle; padding-bottom: 4px; color: #666666; font-size: 10px;" ><a href="http://clipmarks.com/clip-to-blog/" title="see clips that are hot right now"><img src="http://content.clipmarks.com/blog_embed/fd6b04f4-ee0d-4c9d-85a2-a244386e3d2c/A03894F4-386F-4141-8A22-56102DFEEB67/" alt="" width="19" height="19" border="0" style="vertical-align: middle; margin: 0px 4px; display: inline; border: none; float:none;" /></a>clipped from <a title="http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080204/ap_on_re_mi_ea/iraq" href="http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080204/ap_on_re_mi_ea/iraq" style="font-size: 11px;">news.yahoo.com</a></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080204/ap_on_re_mi_ea/iraq"><div align="center"><img src="http://content6.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/news.yahoo.com/img/1A074CED-09C8-4B47-9135-A8D5C6A7717C" alt="Map locates Iskandariyah, Iraq, where the U.S. military accidentally killed nine Iraqi civilians; 1c x 2 inches; 46.5 mm x 50.8 mm" /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080204/ap_on_re_mi_ea/iraq"><P>BAGHDAD - The <SPAN id="lw_1202113032_0">U.S. military</SPAN> said Monday that it had accidentally killed nine Iraqi civilians during an operation targeting <SPAN id="lw_1202113032_1">al-Qaida</SPAN> in <SPAN id="lw_1202113032_2">Iraq</SPAN> — the deadliest known case of mistaken identity in recent months. </P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080204/ap_on_re_mi_ea/iraq">
<P>The civilians were killed Saturday near Iskandariyah, 30 miles south of the 
Iraqi capital, <SPAN class=yshortcuts id=lw_1202113032_3 
style="BACKGROUND: none transparent scroll repeat 0% 0%; CURSOR: hand; BORDER-BOTTOM: #0066cc 1px dashed">U.S. 
Navy Lt</SPAN>. Patrick Evans told The Associated Press. Three wounded civilians 
were taken to <SPAN class=yshortcuts id=lw_1202113032_4 
style="BACKGROUND: none transparent scroll repeat 0% 0%; CURSOR: hand; BORDER-BOTTOM: #0066cc 1px dashed">U.S. 
military hospitals</SPAN> nearby, he said.</P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080204/ap_on_re_mi_ea/iraq">
<P>Evans did not give details about exactly how the people died, but said the 
killings occurred as U.S. forces pursued suspected al-Qaida in <SPAN 
class=yshortcuts id=lw_1202113032_5 
style="BACKGROUND: none transparent scroll repeat 0% 0%; CURSOR: hand; BORDER-BOTTOM: #0066cc 1px dashed">Iraq 
militants</SPAN>. The incident is under investigation, he said.</P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080204/ap_on_re_mi_ea/iraq">
<P>Iraqi police said the victims, including two women, were in two houses in the 
village of Tal al-Samar, which was bombed by American warplanes late Saturday. 
They were all Sunni members of the al-Ghrir tribe, an officer said on condition 
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