- BAQUBAH, Iraq (AFP) -- Iraqi
farmer 'killed' by US fire, today and his brother was detained for attempting
to retrieve the body, witnesses told AFP.
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- The farmer, Ziad Yass Abbas, was watering his crops when
US troops, standing about 400 metres away, opened fire on him at around
6am (2pm AEDT), said his nephew, Yass Amer Abbas, who was with him at the
time.
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- His uncle was killed instantly, he said.
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- "They opened fire on my uncle who was with me. I
immediately ducked and hid in the plantation before running back home to
inform my parents about what had happened."
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- It was not clear why the US troops opened fire but another
witness, university student Ayman Abbas, said: "I saw the Americans
looking at Ziad. They probably thought he was suspicious because he was
standing there and watching them, so they fired a rifle at him from their
armoured personnel carrier."
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- The victim's brother, Thamer Yass Abbas, later tried
to retrieve the body, but the US troops moved in and detained him, according
to the nephew.
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- A US military spokeswoman said she had no information
on the shooting.
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