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Archive Home > 2008 > September > 24 > U.S. troops accidentally kill Sunni leader in Iraq

U.S. troops accidentally kill Sunni leader in Iraq


September 24, 2008

BAGHDAD — American soldiers accidentally shot and killed the leader of a local U.S.-allied Sunni group Tuesday after coming under attack in a volatile area north of Baghdad, the military said.

The head of the group in Siniyah, Jassim al-Garrout, was killed after he rushed to the site....

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