Son, nephew of Iraqi leader killed in U.S. raid

Way to go, U.S. forces! We have to get them out of there before they create a international incident that could set off another World War, like in Iran! And it would be nice to get them out of there before we go totally bankrupt. What's that? Too late?

The major oil companies are just now getting no-bid contracts to re-enter Iraq, some 30 years after Hussein nationalized oil production and took it away from the majors. We ALMOST have unrestricted access to all that oil again. Mission ALMOST accomplished, George!

Son, nephew of Iraqi leader killed in U.S. raid
Americans say the pair were not meant to be the targets of attack
By RICHARD A. OPPEL JR. and ALI HAMEED
New York Times

BAGHDAD — American Special Operations forces shot to death the son and nephew of the governor of Salahuddin province during a raid on Sunday in the northern city of Bayji, the latest in a series of operations that have resulted in the deaths of civilians or close associates of Iraqi government officials.

The governor, Hamed al-Qaisi, threatened to resign and said he would suspend cooperation with U.S. officials.

The shootings come at a sensitive time in negotiations over the terms of a new security agreement. The most contentious obstacle has been an Iraqi demand that U.S. troops no longer be immune from Iraqi criminal laws.

Iraqi and U.S. officials offered sharply different accounts of the attack on Sunday in Bayji, 120 miles north of Baghdad, though the deputy provincial governor said U.S. officials had already apologized to both him and al-Qaisi, who was traveling in Turkey.

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