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US air strike slays 5 Iraqi
civilians
Press
TV
Wednesday, March 26, 2008
A US air strike has killed five Iraqi civilians including a
judge in the northern town of Tikrit, wounding 10 others, Iraqi
police say.
Confirming the killings, US forces claimed that civilians had
been struck during a battle with suspected al-Qaeda Sunni Arab
militants which included strikes from fixed-wing aircraft, Reuters
reported.
"After the air strike, coalition forces continued to receive
heavy enemy fire as armed terrorists ran from the target and attempted
to hide in neighboring homes using the occupants as human shields,"
they said in a statement.
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"Preliminary assessment indicates that despite coalition
forces' efforts to protect them, several civilians were injured
or killed during the ensuing gun battle," it said.
Iraqi police said five civilians were killed and 10 wounded in
the air strike. The dead included Munaf Mehdi, a judge in the
town.
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