Three Iraqis killed in U.S.-Iraqi training exercise
Three Iraqi cattle herders were killed today after wandering into the middle of a U.S.-Iraqi mortar training exercise north of Baghdad.
U.S. troops were conducting a live-fire training exercise with Iraqi forces near Taji, a city about 12 miles north of Baghdad, when the three men walked onto the artillery range, a military spokesman said. An 11-year-old boy was also injured in the incident. He was evacuated to a U.S. military hospital where he is in stable condition.
The incident comes as the U.S. military shifts its primary role in Iraq from combat to training Iraqi security forces with exercises like these.
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