Military says US troops killed Iraqi editor's son

People gather next to a site of a bomb explosion in Karbala, 80 kilometers (50 miles) south of Baghdad, Iraq, Friday, July 25, 2008. Iraqi authorities say a bomb explosion aboard a minibus has wounded nine civilians in the Shiite holy city. (AP Photo/ Ahmed Alhussainey) By KIM GAMEL Associated Press Writer BAGHDAD (AP) - The U.S. military said Friday that bullets fired by American soldiers killed the 14-year-old son of the chief editor of a U.S.-sponsored newspaper during a gunbattle a day earlier in the northern Iraqi city of Kirkuk. The military said Arkan Ali Taha was hit Thursday when soldiers came under heavy gunfire from a passing taxi and shot back. The boy was riding in the cab and the driver was later taken into custody, the statement said. The father said his son was not involved with extremist groups and didn't... [read full story]