U.S. troops may have killed Canadian in Iraq: report

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OTTAWA - Ottawa is investigating whether a Canadian who died in Iraq on the weekend was killed by U.S. troops, a news report says.

Reports from Iraq suggest the U.S. military may have been involved, the Canadian Press reported late Tuesday, citing a senior government source.

The news agency said a Foreign Affairs spokesperson, Cloe Rodrigue, had confirmed that a Canadian died on Saturday.

However, she wouldn't detail the circumstances of the death or say whether Americans may have played a part in it.

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http://www.cbc.ca/story/canada/national/2005/04/26/iraq-canadian-050425.html

Edited to add another link with a bit more info:

Cdn. in Iraq may have been killed by U.S. forces

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The source said a man named Ali Alwan may have died after U.S. forces "tracked" a target using a helicopter gunship.

"The family wants the government to investigate," the source told The Canadian press. "They believe it was an attack by coalition forces."

A Liberal MP responsible for Canadians abroad said the government is still investigating at this stage.

"There are a number of conflicting reports as to how the individual was killed," said Dan McTeague, Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Foreign Affairs.



http://www.ctv.ca/servlet/ArticleNews/story/CTVNews/1114553627442_109960558/?hub=TopStories

[TheModernTerrorist]

1. damn

we're just killing EVERYONE over there, aren't we? :(

[kainah]

2. and you just know...

that somewhere down the road, there's a report in our future telling us that no one was responsible. Oh, maybe we'll find some poor, scared soldier to blame but, in the long run, no one will be responsible. Canada will be angry, "we" won't care.

:sigh: I really want a sigh emoticon.