Three Iraqis killed by US forces while laying roadside bomb

[Tom Yossarian Joad]

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Khaleej Times, (AFP)

25 November 2003

FALLUJAH, Iraq - Three Iraqis were gunned down by US troops near this western Iraqi hotspot town as they planted a roadside bomb on a highway’s central reservation, the US military said on Tuesday.

The troops “killed three enemy personnel emplacing an improvised explosive device (IED)” on Monday night at around 8:30 pm (1730 GMT), said a statement issued by the US Central Command.

It said soldiers on a patrol “determined that the individuals were emplacing an IED and initiated direct fire.”

Three were killed and two others managed to escape.

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