Videotape May Show New U.S. Massacre of Iraqi Civilians
The US military has said that four people died during a military operation in the town of Ishaq in March, but this tape may prove that U forces in fact deliberately killed 11 innocent Iraqis This comes in the wake of the separate alleged U massacre of 24 civilians in Haditha in November .
The U.S. military has said that four people died during a military operation in the town of Ishaq in March, but this tape may prove that U.S. forces in fact deliberately killed 11 innocent Iraqis.
This comes in the wake of the separate alleged U.S. massacre of 24 civilians in Haditha in November.
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The BBC has uncovered new video evidence that US forces may have been responsible for the deliberate killing of 11 innocent Iraqi civilians.
The video appears to challenge the US military’s account of events that took place in the town of Ishaqi in March.
The US said at the time four people died during a military operation, but Iraqi police claimed that US troops had deliberately shot the 11 people.
A spokesman for US forces in Iraq told the BBC an inquiry was under way.
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