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March 30th,
2006 - Iraqi Girl Tells of US Attack |
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ITV News 8.58PM, Thu Mar 30 2006 A young Iraqi girl has
exclusively given ITV News a shocking first hand account of what witnesses
claim amounts to mass murder by US troops in the war-torn country. Ten-year-old Iman Walid lost
seven members of her family in an attack by American marines last November.
The interview with Iman was filmed exclusively for ITV News by Ali
Hamdani,our Iraqi video diarist. If Iman's story is true -
and it has been disputed by the US military - human rights workers say it is
the worst massacre of civilians by US troops in the country. Iman tells of screaming
soldiers entering her house in the Iraqi town of Haditha spraying bullets in
every direction. Fifteen people in all were
killed, including her parents and grandparents. Her account has been
corroborated by other eyewitnesses who say it was a revenge attack after a
roadside bomb killed a marine. US authorities have launched
an investigation to determine whether the killings were the result of self
defence, crossfire or murder. Initially, the US marines
issued a statement saying that a roadside bomb had killed 15 civilians, while
eight insurgents had been killed in a later gunbattle. US military officials have
since confirmed the 15 civilians were actually shot dead. External link: http://www.itv.com/news/index_1460729.html |