US troops blamed for death of Iraqi governor's son in raid (Roundup)

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Jul 20, 2008, 14:16 GMT

Baghdad - US forces killed two armed men related to a provincial governor during a raid against al-Qaeda suspects in northern Iraq, a military statement said Sunday. Local police said the troops raided the house of a relative of the governor and killed his son and nephew. The US military said the incident took place in Bayji, 240 kilometres north of Baghdad, in the northern province of Salahaddin. US forces entered a building where they found two armed men. 'Perceiving hostile intent, coalition forces engaged and killed them,' the statement said. Two other suspects were detained and a third was injured in the operation, according to the statement. The spokesman for the US forces, Abdel-Latif Rayan, told the Voices of Iraq VOI news agency that a US force was conducting a search operation for a terror suspect in a house in Bayji. The force killed in self-defence two armed men who were in the house, Rayan said, adding that it transpired that both were related to the provincial governor, Hamad Mahmoud. The suspect, who is believed to be an al-Qaeda financial officer in the province, was injured in the operation, the military spokesman said. But local police sources told Deutsche Presse-Agentur dpa that US troops raided the house of the governor's sister-in-law and killed his son and nephew. Mahmoud, who is currently visiting Turkey, called on the Iraqi government and US military to open an inquiry into the incident, the sources said.

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SP4:Jul 20th, 2008 - 16:04:31

Oh, please do open an inquiry...

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margeJul 21st, 2008 - 07:47:53

The results of a inquiry won't matter one way or another because US troops will just use their ' get out of jail free cards' for whatever crimes committed against Iraqis and the US will pay about $200 in compensate to the family for the wrongly death of each member killed. That's the value of an iraqi life to the US.

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