US video probe into 'new Iraqi massacre'
Irish Examiner
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The BBC has uncovered video footage it says suggests US forces may have been responsible for the deliberate killing of 11 innocent Iraqi civilians in March.
The broadcaster said the images appeared to challenge the US military’s account of events which took place in the town of Ishaqi.
US authorities in Baghdad said an investigation was underway, the BBC reported.
Iraqi police have already accused American troops of shooting 11 people, including five children, on purpose in a raid on a house in the town 60 miles north of Baghdad on March 15.
The US military reportedly said at the time that four people were killed during a military operation when a building collapsed under heavy fire.
But the BBC said its tape, which comes in the wake of the alleged massacre in Haditha in November, showed a number of dead adults and children at the site with gunshot wounds.
June 02, 2006
Irish Examiner
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The BBC has uncovered video footage it says suggests US forces may have been responsible for the deliberate killing of 11 innocent Iraqi civilians in March.
The broadcaster said the images appeared to challenge the US military’s account of events which took place in the town of Ishaqi.
US authorities in Baghdad said an investigation was underway, the BBC reported.
Iraqi police have already accused American troops of shooting 11 people, including five children, on purpose in a raid on a house in the town 60 miles north of Baghdad on March 15.
The US military reportedly said at the time that four people were killed during a military operation when a building collapsed under heavy fire.
But the BBC said its tape, which comes in the wake of the alleged massacre in Haditha in November, showed a number of dead adults and children at the site with gunshot wounds.
June 02, 2006
