Navy to Probe Ambassador Cousin's Death

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By ROBERT H. REID, Associated Press Writer
4 minutes ago

BAGHDAD, Iraq - The U.S. military said Sunday it has ordered a criminal investigation into the June death of the 21-year-old cousin of Iraq's ambassador to the United Nations, who alleged that U.S. Marines killed his unarmed relative in cold blood during a raid in western Iraq.

Iraq's ambassador to the United Nations, Samir al-Sumaidaie, had demanded an investigation into his young cousin's death and punishment for the perpetrators. Mohammed al-Sumaidaie was an engineering student at the University of Technology in Baghdad.

In an e-mail to friends obtained by The Associated Press, the ambassador said his cousin was killed after he escorted Marines to a bedroom to show them where a rifle that had no live ammunition was kept.

When the Marines left, he was found in the bedroom with a bullet in his neck, the ambassador said.


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