U.S. to review Iraqi raid for civilian deaths

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http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/N18347353.htm

WASHINGTON, Oct 18 (Reuters) - The U.S. military will look into whether American warplanes and helicopter gunships killed civilians during a raid on suspected militants near the western Iraqi city of Ramadi, the White House said on Tuesday.

Asked for President George W. Bush's reaction to the deaths on Sunday of about 20 civilians, including children, spokesman Scott McClellan disputed the reports.

"The military has said otherwise at this point," he said. "The military has review mechanisms in place, and when there are questions raised they look into those matters and so that's something that, obviously, they will look into."

U.S. forces killed about 70 people near Ramadi on Sunday. Local police said about 20 of those who died in the strikes were civilians, including some children who had gathered around the wreckage of an American military vehicle.

The U.S. military said on Monday it believed all those hit were "terrorists."

[peacebird]

1. by default if we killed them they were terr'rists

how many CIVILIAN casualties have we admitted to?
:mad: