A military investigation into allegations that U.S. troops intentionally killed Iraqi civilians in a March 15 raid in a village north of Baghdad has cleared the troops of misconduct, two defense officials said Friday.
The investigation concluded that the U.S. troops followed normal procedures in raising the level of force as they came under attack upon approaching a building where they believed an Al Qaeda terrorist was hiding, the officials said. They spoke on condition of anonymity because the results had not been publicly released.
The Army's Criminal Investigation Division reviewed the results of the investigation and found no reason to probe further, the officials said.
The nighttime raid was conducted in the village of Ishaqi, about 50 miles north of Baghdad, by a ground assault force. After being fired upon from the vicinity of the targeted building, the soldiers called in airstrikes by an Air Force AC-130 gunship, which attacked the building, the defense officials said.
Local Iraqis said there were 11 total dead, and contended that they were killed by U.S. troops before the house was leveled.
1 comment:
this story is a prime example of what I have been talking about. These troops have been cleared of any wrong doing as the troops followed proceedure.
The MSNM had these troops labeled as guilty.
One invest down, two to go.
J.R.
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