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米兵、イラク人警官３人を殺害。
盗賊と間違えて…だとさ。
他、スペインのアスナールがイラク訪問。（こっそり何か目的が？）
Reuters
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http://www.reuters.com/newsArticle.jhtml;jsessionid=G5IF3DJYGS2YQCRBAE0CFFA?type=topNews&storyID=4026000
Spanish PM Aznar in Iraq, U.S. Troops Kill 3 Police
Sat December 20, 2003 06:29 AM ET
By Michael Georgy
BAGHDAD (Reuters) - Spain's Prime Minister Jose Maria Aznar surprised Spanish troops in Iraq with a visit Saturday as U.S. troops mistakenly killed three Iraqi policemen.
In his first trip to the region since the U.S.-led war on Iraq, Aznar flew to a Spanish base in Diwaniya, 110 miles south of Baghdad, from Madrid and via Kuwait.
Aznar was expected to lunch with troops before heading back to Spain later in the day, a move to boost morale over the Christmas season, a government official said.
Despite strong opposition to the U.S.-led war among the Spanish public, Spain currently has 1,300 soldiers in Iraq who are still reeling from a huge blow in November when Iraqis killed seven Spanish intelligence officers.
Aznar has been one the strongest supporters of President Bush's campaign to oust former Iraqi President Saddam Hussein, captured by U.S. forces a week ago.
Spanish forces form part of an international division under Polish command in Shi'ite Muslim areas of south-central Iraq.
In the wake of the killings, Spanish Defense Minister Federico Trillo reaffirmed Spain's commitment to stay in Iraq until peace was restored to the country.
Bush has been pressing for other countries to dispatch troops to help stabilize postwar Iraq, where guerrillas have killed 200 U.S. soldiers since he declared major combat over on May 1.
NERVOUS SOLDIERS
Underscoring the nervousness of American soldiers, U.S troops opened fire on a police patrol south of the oil-rich city of Kirkuk overnight, killing three policemen and wounding two, said police Lieutenant Salam Zanganeh at Kirkuk Hospital.
He told Reuters the troops apparently mistook the policemen for bandits in an area where antiquities smugglers are active.
There was no immediate comment from the U.S. military.
Such incidents have spread anti-American anger. Iraqis often complain that U.S. forces are too aggressive on patrols and searches and are quick to pull the trigger.
Suicide bombers have staged several attacks on Iraqi police to punish them for working with American soldiers, who hope to hand over security to the Iraqis. Some 116 Iraqi policemen and security forces have been killed since May 1.
Paul Bremer, the U.S. administrator leading efforts to rebuild Iraq, said on Friday he escaped a guerrilla ambush earlier this month.
Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld was visiting Iraq at the time to assess the guerrilla attacks that the Americans blame on Saddam loyalists and Iraqis say are carried out mostly by nationalists.
Saddam's arrest, announced by Bremer to the world on Sunday, has failed to ease violence. Some fifty Iraqis, half of them policemen, and one U.S. soldier have been killed since.
Washington said troop strength in Iraq, now at about 120,000, would be increased for a while in coming months at the request of military commander John Abizaid.
U.S. calls for military help from other countries were boosted on Friday when Japan issued orders for air force members to prepare to leave for the Middle East for the start of a military deployment to support rebuilding Iraq.
Representatives of the Arab League are holding talks with senior officials from the Foreign Ministry and Iraq's U.S.-backed Governing Council in a sign that tensions have eased since the Cairo-based organization said it would not recognize Iraq's new government.
(Additional reporting by Elisabeth O'Leary) Previous
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