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U.S. Troops Kill Father & 3 Sons In Baghdad

HeadlineAug 12, 2003

The Guardian of London is reporting that U.S. troops killed six Iraqi civilians including a father and three of his children over the weekend in Baghdad. The family members were shot dead as they were hurrying home before the nightly curfew. Surviving family members said the U.S. troops gave them no warning. 36-year-old Anwaar Kawaz, said “We kept shouting, ’We’re a family, don’t shoot.’ But no one listened. They kept shooting.” She lost her husband and three of her four children.

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