Category: News
Date: 01.06.2006
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The Ten O'Clock News has obtained new video evidence that United States forces in Iraq may
have been responsible for the deliberate killing of innocent civilians.
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The
video pictures appear to challenge the US military's account of events which
took place in the town of Ishaqi on 15 March 2006.
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Iraqi police have already accused American troops of the deliberate killing of
11 people, including five children, in a raid on a house in the town.
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The US
authorities say they were involved in a firefight after a tip-off that an al-Qaeda supporter was visiting the house.
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They have stated that the building
collapsed under heavy fire and bodies were found in the rubble.
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But the new video pictures - obtained from a hardline Sunni group which opposes
the coalition presence in Iraq - appear to contradict that initial US account. They show a number of dead adults and children.
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The Â鶹Éç has compared the new
pictures with other footage of the incident which it knows to be genuine.
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The new
tape has not been tampered with and the Â鶹Éç believes it to be a genuine record of
events.
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The US authorities in Baghdad have told the Â鶹Éç today that there is an
ongoing investigation into the events at Ishaqi.
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