Troops cleared in March Iraqi civilian deaths
Posted on: Friday, 2 June 2006, 15:43 CDT
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A U.S. military probe has exonerated U.S. troops in the deaths of Iraqi civilians in Ishaqi north of Baghdad in March, finding American forces followed standard procedures and committed no misconduct, defense officials said on Friday.
Police in the town 60 miles north of Baghdad, have said six adults and five children were shot dead in a U.S. military raid on a home on March 15.
But the U.S. military maintained that there were four dead in the incident, including a guerrilla, two women and a child, and they died after troops were fired upon from the house as they arrived to arrest an al Qaeda suspect. The defense officials, speaking on condition of anonymity, said an investigation found no wrongdoing by U.S. forces.
Source: REUTERS
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