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Wednesday, August 17, 2005
Not in the US media: Again, I heard this news on Arab media, but could not find it in Arab media. "US troops backed by helicopter gunfire mistook a group of Iraqi workers for insurgents in central Baghdad, firing on them and injuring 26, Agence France Presse reported on Tuesday. Earlier, a Defense Ministry official reported that US forces had exchanged fire with suspected insurgents in the area. However, AFP interviewed a number of the wounded at Baghdad's Al-Yarmouk Hospital who said they were workers and that a US helicopter had fired at them as they were standing outside a hotel. The US military has not yet commented on the AFP report."