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Wassit council says U.S. raid violates security pact

April 26, 2009 - 03:32:01

WASSIT / Aswat al-Iraq: The U.S. raid on a house in Kut city, during which a man and a woman were killed and four others detained, has violated the security agreement signed with Iraq, the chairman of Wassit’s provincial council said on Sunday.

“The council has urged the U.S. side to release the four detainees and to provide a written explanation for the raid…,” Mahmoud Abdulreda said during a press conference on Sunday, which was attended by Aswat al-Iraq news agency.
The council has also demanded the U.S. army to make a pledge not to conduct similar raids without the approval of local authorities in the province, Abdulreda added.
Earlier today, a local security source said that U.S. forces raided a house in 14 Tammuz neighborhood, central Kut, during the early hours of Sunday, killing a man and his sister-in-law and arresting four other family members.

Kut, the capital city of Wassit province, lies 180 km southeast of Baghdad.

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