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September 3, 2008

Iraq: US Fires on Iraqi Security, Killing Six
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Authorities say shooting involved Iraqi police and military personnel in
town of Tarmiyah, north of Baghdad 
Friends of Salam Dawood, 42, who was killed by a roadside bomb at a
downtown Baghdad intersection, take his body away for the funeral, in
Baghdad, 02 Sep 2008Iraqi officials say U.S. forces Wednesday killed six
Iraqi security personnel in what the U.S. describes as a case of
"mistaken fire".Authorities say the shooting involved Iraqi police and
military personnel in the town of Tarmiyah north of Baghdad. U.S.
officials released a statement saying the incident is "regrettable" and
is being reviewed. Separately, U.S. officials say coalition forces
struck at an al-Qaida network Wednesday, killing one suspect and
detaining eight others. A military statement says troops killed a man
who was trafficking rockets and bomb components for a terrorist cell
based in Tikrit. On Tuesday Iraqi insurgents carried out three bomb
attacks, killing eight people and wounding 20 others. In the deadliest
attack, the U.S. military says a car bomb exploded near an Iraqi army
checkpoint in the northern city of Mosul, killing four civilians.
Insurgents also set off two roadside bombs in the capital, Baghdad,
killing four people. One bomb exploded near a hospital in the center of
the capital, while the other went off in a western district. Some
information for this report was provided by AFP and Reuters.


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