IRAQ: U.S. forces storm house south of Baghdad, killing five, including woman

Record ID: 352839

  • Title: IRAQ: U.S. forces storm house south of Baghdad, killing five, including woman
  • Date: 13th June 2010
  • Summary: MEN GATHERING NEAR HOUSE
  • Embargoed: 28th June 2010 13:00
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  • Location: Iraq
  • Country: Iraq
  • Topics: War / Fighting,Defence / Military
  • Reuters ID: LVAEN21VSJXCGU2UTR06D5Y4AONS
  • Story Text: Witnesses said on Saturday (June 12) that the U.S. forces in Iraq stormed a house south of Baghdad late on Friday (June 11), killing five people, including a woman.
    They said that the U.S. forces raided a house in al-Khanafsa area, south of Baghdad near Kerbala city, opening fire on people.
    The U.S. forces were not available to give comment on the attack.
    "The U.S. troops came from here on foot patrol. When they arrived, a man went to the roof of his house to look at them, they intentionally opened fire at him as they saw him and his wife who went upstairs to check what happened. They walked directly to the house after this." said resident Nawras al-Taei .
    U.S. forces have pulled out of Iraqi cities and are working to formally end combat operations by Sept. 1, cutting the U.S. military force from just under 90,000 to 50,000.
    Washington says it will stick to the timetable for withdrawal despite the failure of Iraq's Shi'ite, Sunni and Kurdish political factions to form a government, more than three months since a vote Iraqis hoped would bring stability.
    Overall violence has dropped sharply since the height of sectarian warfare in 2006-2007, but bombings and shootings are still a regular occurrence, frequently targeting Iraqi security forces and Sunni ex-insurgents who switched sides to fight Sunni Islamist al Qaeda.
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