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| US fire kills Iraq bus passengers | US fire kills Iraq bus passengers |
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| Up to four Iraqi civilians are reported to have died in Baghdad when US troops fired at a minibus taking them to work. | Up to four Iraqi civilians are reported to have died in Baghdad when US troops fired at a minibus taking them to work. |
| The US military in Iraq said its forces opened fire at the vehicle "after the driver failed to heed a warning shot". | The US military in Iraq said its forces opened fire at the vehicle "after the driver failed to heed a warning shot". |
| A US military statement said the road the minibus was travelling on, in the Shaab area of north-east Baghdad, was only for use by passenger cars. | A US military statement said the road the minibus was travelling on, in the Shaab area of north-east Baghdad, was only for use by passenger cars. |
| Iraq police and medics said three women and a man had died; the military said it knew of two dead and two wounded. | Iraq police and medics said three women and a man had died; the military said it knew of two dead and two wounded. |
| Police sources said the bus was carrying Finance Ministry employees to work. | Police sources said the bus was carrying Finance Ministry employees to work. |
| The US military has also given details of an incident that happened on Monday when three Iraqi civilians, including a child, were killed by its troops manning a roadblock 200 kilometres (140 miles) north of Baghdad. It said their vehicle approached the roadblock in the city of Baiji at high speed and the driver ignored warnings to stop. | |
| The deaths come a day after the Baghdad government said it would seek a renewal of the UN mandate to keep US-led forces in Iraq until the end of 2008, after which it wanted a bilateral pact with the US. | The deaths come a day after the Baghdad government said it would seek a renewal of the UN mandate to keep US-led forces in Iraq until the end of 2008, after which it wanted a bilateral pact with the US. |
| Correspondents say the US military presence is unpopular among many of the Iraqi population, because of what is seen as the heavy-handed use of force by US troops. | Correspondents say the US military presence is unpopular among many of the Iraqi population, because of what is seen as the heavy-handed use of force by US troops. |
| Separately, a suicide bomber killed three policemen in an attack on the Diyala provincial police headquarters in Baquba, 65 km (40 miles) north of Baghdad, police said. | |
| Three civilians, including two women, were also killed during the incident. Reuters news agency said they died in gunfire after the blast. |