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01/04/2003
Seven killed as Iraqi vehicle fired on at US checkpoint
Seven women and children have been killed after a vehicle, which failed to stop at a US checkpoint near Najef, was fired on.
US authorities said that the soldiers had the "right to self-defence" following a spate of suicide car-bomb scares in Iraq.
On March 29, five men from the 3rd Infantry Division were killed when a suicide bomber detonated his car bomb at a US checkpoint near the northern city of Naja.
US authorities said that the soldiers had the "right to self-defence" following a spate of suicide car-bomb scares in Iraq.
On March 29, five men from the 3rd Infantry Division were killed when a suicide bomber detonated his car bomb at a US checkpoint near the northern city of Naja.
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