Iraq's U.N. ambassador accused U.S. Marines on Friday of firing at and killing his cousin in cold blood during a house raid near the western town of Haditha on June 25.
Ambassador Samir Sumaidaie, a supporter of the United States, said Mohammed al-Sumaidaie, the son of his first cousin, was shot by Marines during a raid at his father's house in the village of Al-Shaikh Hadid, near a U.S. military base at the Haditha Dam.
"All indications point to a killing of an unarmed innocent civilian -- a cold blooded murder," Sumaidaie said.[...]
The U.S. military said in a statement from Iraq that the events described in the allegations "roughly correspond to an incident involving coalition forces on that day in that general location."
Reuters article
Friday, July 01, 2005
UN ambassador's cousin killed by Marines in Iraq
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