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Iraq PM: US Troops "Crush [Iraqis] With Their Vehicles And Kill Them Just On Suspicion,"...

Iraq PM: US Troops "Crush [Iraqis] With Their Vehicles And Kill Them Just On Suspicion,"...
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Prime Minister Nuri Kamal al-Maliki lashed out at the American military on Thursday, denouncing what he characterized as habitual attacks by troops against Iraqi civilians.

As outrage over reports that American marines killed 24 Iraqis in the town of Haditha last year continued to shake the new government, the country's senior leaders said that they would demand that American officials turn over their investigative files on the killings and that the Iraqi government would conduct its own inquiry.

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