Iraq to probe killing of soldiers in apparent US strike
10 troops die in Fallujah in what US says appears to have been ‘a mistake that involved both sides’
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BAGHDAD — Iraq’s defense minister says he has launched an investigation into the killing of 10 Iraqi soldiers in an apparent American airstrike, adding that the wrongdoers would be “punished according to Iraqi law.”
Speaking to reporters on Saturday, Khalid al-Obeidi said that an officer and nine soldiers were killed in a strike a day earlier near the Iraqi city of Fallujah, which is under Islamic State control. He said he would “not neglect the blood of Iraqis.”
US Defense Secretary Ash Carter says the incident seems to be “a mistake that involved both sides.”
The US military did not release death toll figures. It says the strikes came in response to requests and information provided by security forces on the ground near Fallujah. The US says it is currently investigating.
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