Iraq minister says US, Iraqi troops killed 37

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BAGHDAD (Reuters) - Iraq's security minister, a Shi'ite political ally of Prime Minister Ibrahim al-Jaafari, accused U.S. and Iraqi troops on Monday of killing 37 unarmed people in an attack on a mosque complex a day earlier.

"At evening prayers, American soldiers accompanied by Iraqi troops raided the Mustafa mosque and killed 37 people," Abd al-Karim al-Enzi, minister of state for national security, said.

"They were all unarmed. Nobody fired a single shot at them (the troops). They went in, tied up the people and shot them all. They did not leave any wounded behind," he told Reuters.

Shi'ite politicians had earlier said 20 people were killed at the mosque. The U.S. military's account of Sunday evening's incident said Iraqi special forces with U.S. advisers killed 16 "insurgents," arrested 15 people and freed an Iraqi hostage. The military denied entering any mosque.

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:grr:

even if I don't take any statements from the Iraqi government for granted, there is absolutely something fishy in that story

lol -- that is the stupidest question ever.

Head of the Joints Chief of Staff.

;(

under a democratic facade.

sometimes I wonder if some of the Iraqis don't welcome death because they have nothing to live for anymore it seems, so sad. I worry about the damage it is doing to our soldiers who are taking part in this slaughter call Iraq. some things they will never be able forget no matter how hard they try, so sad. In some cases death as sure as you are alive. :grr: