At least 6 Iraqi forces killed in apparently mistaken U.S. airstrike
At least six Iraqi police officers and allied militiamen were killed early Saturday by U.S. airstrikes after Iraq’s military apparently mistook them for armed insurgents. The apparent friendly fire is being investigated by Iraqi and U.S. officials in Baghdad, and it already has provoked anger among critics of the United States who have long been suspicious of […]Tamer El-Ghobashy and Mustafa Salim write for The Washington Post:
At least six Iraqi police officers and allied militiamen were killed early Saturday by U.S. airstrikes after Iraq’s military apparently mistook them for armed insurgents.
The apparent friendly fire is being investigated by Iraqi and U.S. officials in Baghdad, and it already has provoked anger among critics of the United States who have long been suspicious of or hostile to its involvement in the fight against the Islamic State.
