U.S. forces killed gunman in self defense in Baiji – source
March 7, 2009 - 05:08:39
BAGHDAD / Aswat al-Iraq: U.S. troops killed a man in Baiji in self-defense, said a U.S. source, explaining that the man is an amir (senior member) of al-Qaeda Organization in the area.
“The forces entered a neighborhood at al-Qayiara area of Baiji (35 km) north of Tikrit, to track down some accomplices of a detainee,” Lt. Colonel Braen Maki told Aswat al-Iraq news agency.
“The forces came under fire from a man with a pistol when they went inside a house,” he said.
“The force responded and killed him,” he added.
“The force later identified the man as a wanted person for being an amir of al-Qaeda Organization in Baiji,” he noted.
Maki added that the house was empty when the incident took place but from two men who were arrested for interrogation.
Earlier, a source from Salah al-Din police said U.S. forces handed over the body of a man who was shot dead to the Iraqi police in Baiji city, claiming that he was a gunman who attacked a U.S. patrol that killed him, but the dead man’s relatives said that the forces killed him in front of his family.
Tikrit, the capital city of Salah al-Din province, lies 175 km north of Baghdad.
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