The score? 4000 to 1000000.
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As if to underscore that fact, more than 60 Iraqis were killed and
another 88 were wounded in a massive bomb blast in a market place in
Iraq three days ago. Nearly 600 Iraqis were killed in various bomb
blasts and other attacks in January 2008, raising the tally of Iraqi
civilians killed since the US invasion and occupation of Iraq began in
March 2003 to over one million. The latest round of violence in January
gives the lie to the Bush administration's oft-repeated claim that the
so-called "surge" in the number of US troops in the country is working
and has reduced the incidents of violence.

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You can add 9 more innocent civilians to the score. The US "heroes"
just admitted to the crime an hour ago. More parades for the American
"heroes" are no doubt being planned as you read this. Truly pathetic.

By LAUREN FRAYER, Associated Press Writer 1 hour, 16 minutes ago

BAGHDAD - The U.S. military said Monday that it accidentally killed
nine Iraqi civilians during an operation targeting al-Qaida in Iraq
south of Baghdad.

The civilians were killed Saturday near Iskandariyah, 30 miles south
of the Iraqi capital, U.S. Navy Lt. Patrick Evans told The Associated
Press. Three more civilians were wounded and taken to U.S. military
hospitals nearby, he said.

The incident and the events surrounding it are under investigation,
Evans said.

The killings occurred as U.S. forces pursued suspected al-Qaida in
Iraq militants in the area. Shortly after the incident, American
officers met with a Muslim sheik representing citizens in the area, he
said.

"We offer our condolences to the families of those who were killed in
this incident, and we mourn the loss of innocent civilian life," Evans
said in a statement e-mailed to the AP.

Saturday's strike was the deadliest known case of mistaken identity in
recent months.

In November, a leader of one of the so-called awakening councils --
Sunni tribesmen allied with American forces fighting to oust al-Qaida
from their hometowns -- said U.S. soldiers killed dozens of his
fighters during a 12-hour battle north of Baghdad.

The leader, Mansour Abid Salim of the Taji Awakening Council, accused
American troops of mistaking his men for militants. The U.S. military
admitted killing 25 men, but said they were insurgents operating "in
the target area" where al-Qaida was believed to be hiding.

The U.S. military investigated that incident, but the two versions of
events were never reconciled.

A month later, the U.S. military said its forces accidentally killed
two people during a raid in Baqouba, northeast of Baghdad, and that
one of them was later revealed to be an awakening council member.