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Three Civilians Mistakenly Killed in Iraq


Monday November 21, 2005 8:31 PM

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By BASSEM MROUE

Associated Press Writer

BAGHDAD, Iraq (AP) - U.S. soldiers fired on a civilian vehicle Monday
because they feared it might hold a suicide bomber, killing at least two
adults and a child northeast of the capital, American and Iraqi officials
said. The troops fired on the car because it was moving erratically
outside a U.S. base in Baqouba, 35 miles from Baghdad, said Maj. Steven
Warren, a U.S. spokesman. ``It was one of these regrettable, tragic
incidents,'' Warren said.

During his learner's permit driving lessons with me (or torture, as he calls
it), my son and I often see vehicles moving erratically and wish we would
fire on them. The world is not fair.