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Wednesday, February 18, 2004. 7:21am (AEDT)
Three Iraqi civilians killed by U.S. mortar
Three Iraqi civilians, including a 10-year-old girl, have been killed by a stray US mortar round which hit the backyard of a home near the main American military base in Baghdad.
US troops fire mortar rounds across the Tigris River from their base several times a day.
US commanders describe the firings as part of a harassment-and-interdiction operation, which is designed to prevent insurgents from setting up firing positions in meadows across the river to attack the base.
A spokesman says it is not known how or why the latest mortar round went astray.
The other two victims have been identified as young adults, one male and one female.
-- AFP
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