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  • US says its raid in southern Iraq had Baghdad’s approval

    04/27/2009 11:24:50 AM PDT · by La Enchiladita · 8 replies · 1,137+ views
    WashingtonTV ^ | April 27, 2009 | Various
    Updated: Monday, April 27, 2009 11:30GMT—7:30AM/EST Washington, 27 April (WashingtonTV)—The US military on Sunday insisted that a raid it had conducted in the southern Iraqi city of Kut, was approved by the Iraqi government, despite Baghdad’s insistence that the action violated a US-Iraqi security pact. In a pre-dawn raid targeting Shiite militants, US forces shot dead an Iraqi woman and policeman, and detained six others. In a statement, the US military said that the woman was killed after she “moved into the line of fire.” “In an operation fully coordinated and approved by the Iraqi government, coalition forces targeted a...