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  • Iraqi ambassador claims US Marines 'intentionally' killed cousin

    05/30/2006 6:22:44 PM PDT · by jmc1969 · 43 replies · 1,111+ views
    AFP ^ | May 31 2006
    The new Iraqi ambassador to the United States has accused US Marines of "intentionally" killing a cousin in the Iraqi town of Haditha last year. Speaking only hours after presenting his credentials to President George W Bush at the White House, Ambassador Samir al-Sumaidaie said his relative was shot dead five months before the killing of 24 civilians in the town in November that is now the subject of a controversial inquiry. The ambassador told how Mohammed al-Sumaidaie, a 21-year-old engineering student, was killed after opening the door of the family house to US Marines on June 25. "I believe...