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To: Dale Baker who wrote (20170)	6/2/2006 10:13:21 AM
From: MrLucky	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 541299

we get a series of stories like this, you have to start wondering how tenable a long-term US presence will be in Iraq, in terms of the Iraqi government feeling pressure to start getting them out. Certainly can't help. If the these two stories are accurate as depicted and 35 Iraqis were killed by our military, it will be interesting to see how the Iraqi government compares this to the monthly numbers of Iraqis killed by terrorist bombings etc., April-1361, May-691, as examples.

To: Dale Baker who wrote (20170)	6/2/2006 3:48:02 PM
From: Alastair McIntosh	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 541299

U.S. Military Denies New Abuse Allegations at Ishaqi Officials Conclude Troops Followed Rules of Engagement By JONATHAN KARL June 2, 2006 — - Horrific images of Iraqi adults and children have fueled new allegations that U.S. troops killed civilians in the Iraqi town of Ishaqi. But ABC News has learned that military officials have completed their investigation and concluded that U.S. forces followed the rules of engagement. A senior Pentagon official told ABC News the investigation concluded that the allegations of intentional killings of civilians by American forces are unfounded. Military commanders in Iraq launched an investigation soon after the mid-March raid in the village of Ishaqi, about 50 miles north of Baghdad. Maj. Gen. William Caldwell will make a statement about the Ishaqi allegations today in Baghdad, ABC News has learned. In Ishaqi, American forces were going after a high-value terrorist target they succeeded in apprehending. The U.S. military reported in March that four people died when the troops destroyed a house from the air and ground. But previously unaired video shot by an AP Television News cameraman at the time shows at least five children dead, several with obvious bullet wounds to the head. One adult male is also seen dead. "Children were stuck in the room, alone and surrounded," an unidentified man said on the video. A total of 11 people died, according to Iraqis on the scene. The Iraqis said the people were killed by U.S. troops before the house was destroyed. abcnews.go.com