"Seven Iraqi civilians were killed near the western city of Falluja on Wednesday during an early morning raid conducted by American and Iraqi security forces, officials said. Iraqi police said that the raid started at about 1 a.m. Wednesday in the village of Hay Jibel, about 40 miles west of Baghdad in Anbar Province." Among these individuals four of the men were brothers ranging in ages from 10-18. Members of the Hay Jibel area said that there was alot a choas in the darkness and that the special forces members where fireing towards or at anyone who seemed to be a threat. This raid was said to be a joint-counter terrorist attack setup by the Iraq and U.S military. This showed to the world the presence of American troops still overseas even after the declared end to combat on August 31st. With the 50,000 troops still in Iraq it is believed that about 4,500 of these troops are used specifically for special action (raids like this one) with the aid/intel of Iraq special forces. "Qasim Mohammed Abed, the governor of Anbar Province, said he had been angered by how the raid was conducted and blamed both the American and Iraqi militaries for the deaths." Also it has not been documented that the men killed in the raid where the actual targets of the members of the special forces team.
By:Chase Pavlick
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/09/16/world/middleeast/16iraq.html?_r=1&ref=world
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