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Danish Soldiers Kill Iraqi at Checkpoint
Danish soldiers killed an Iraqi man after the truck he was driving didn't slow down as it approached their checkpoint, the military said Friday. The soldiers, part of the nearly 500-man Danish military contingent in Basra and nearby Qurnah, 250 miles southeast of Baghdad, were manning the checkpoint when the shooting happened. A spokesman for the Army Operational Command said the soldiers fired warning shots at the truck to make it slow down.
When it didn't, they opened fire, killing the driver.
| BANG! "We said halt, dammit!" |
A passenger in the truck escaped.
| Good fire discipline, poor judgment. |
Danish military officials didn't say what the truck was carrying but said a team would investigate the matter.
Posted by: Steve 2004-05-07 |
