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October 24th, 2006 - U.S. Troops
Mistakenly Kill Four Iraqi Firemen |
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U.S. Troops Mistakenly Kill Four
Iraqi Firemen The Times Of India October 24, 2006 Baghdad - American soldiers
shot and killed four Iraqi firemen after mistaking their fire tender for one
hijacked by insurgents, US military headquarters said on Tuesday. "After receiving word
that a fire truck and its crew were just hijacked, coalition forces pulled
over a fire truck matching that description," said a statement
describing Monday's incident in the western city of Fallujah. When the unarmed
fire-fighters got out of the fire tender US soldiers opened fire and killed
them, after mistaking them for armed insurgents. "The suspected
insurgents were in fact fire-fighters responding to a call. The fire truck
number did not match the one of the hijacked truck. All four of the
fire-fighters that exited the vehicle died," the statement said. "Minutes later another
fire truck was spotted and pulled over in an area nearby. The occupants fled.
It was determined that this truck number did match the truck that was
hijacked," it added. American forces are often
accused of using excessive and indiscriminate force in Iraq, although
commanders say the problem is now taken more seriously and the number of
wrongful killings has diminished. External link:
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/articleshow/128846.cms |