U.S. Admits Killings At Mosul
The BBC reports that the U.S. has changed its position from yesterday and is now acknowledging that it shot and killed Iraqis in Mosul.
Brigadier-General Vince Brooks said US marines and special forces soldiers fired at demonstrators on Tuesday after they came under attack from people shooting guns and throwing rocks. "Fire was indeed delivered from coalition forces, it was lethal fire and some Iraqis were killed as a result, we think the number is in the order of seven and we think there were some wounded as well," he said.We posted some of the witness' verision of events here.
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