BAGHDAD, Iraq (CNN) -- The U.S. military rushed to judgment in its exoneration of U.S. troops involved in the March 15 raid that killed civilians in Ishaqi, said an aide to Iraq's prime minister on Saturday.
There are too many "questions and doubts" surrounding the raid 60 miles north of Baghdad, said Adnan al-Kadhimi.
"The Iraqi government should continue its own investigation until the truth can be found," he said.
On Friday, the Army said its investigation had concluded U.S. troops who conducted the Ishaqi raid had acted properly and will not face charges for the deaths of as many as a dozen Iraqis.
The death toll and the manner of the civilian deaths remains disputed. Iraqi officials say 11 people, including five children and four women, were killed, when U.S. troops acted against what they believed to be an al Qaeda in Iraq safe house. One of the children was 6 months old, the Iraqi officials said. (Watch why soldiers were found to be following procedures -- 1:14
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