US troops error kills Iraq police

[maddezmom]

Source: BBC

US troops have shot dead three Iraqi policemen by mistake in the northern Iraqi province of Kirkuk.
A US military statement described the incident as a tragic accident, which was sincerely regretted.

The soldiers are thought to have opened fire after feeling threatened when the police drove at high speed into an area which had been cordoned off.

A number of Iraqi police patrols have been hit by roadside bombs and car bombs in recent weeks.

US and Iraqi forces launched major security operation in the city of Kirkuk in November last year targeting alleged al-Qaeda in Iraq militants.




Read more: http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/7304444.stm

[oscarmitre]

1. You can't expect the military to act like police

or even a gendarmerie. Get them out, they are no good at occupation.

[saigon68]

5. Nah its only 3 Islamics

Screw them
</sarcasm>

[scarface2004]

2. typical of an incompetent military led

by incompetent pentagon led by incompetent president...i m suprised more innocents aren t killed?!?!

[patrick t. cakes]

3. what... over a million isnt enough?

[Bonobo]

4. The "error" killed them or the US troops killed them? I hate passive voice escapism.