In other Iraq news, US troops shot and killed two Iraqi women Wednesday — one of them about to give birth. The women were in a vehicle rushing to the hospital where one of the victims, Nabiha Nisaif Jassim, was to deliver her baby. US troops said their car failed to stop in a prohibited zone despite warnings. But Jassim’s brother, who drove the vehicle, said he never saw or heard any warnings. Doctors failed to save Jassim’s unborn baby. She was the mother of two children. Her cousin was also killed in the attack.