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US military says bullets fired by American troops killed Iraqi editor's son during gunbattle By KIM GAMEL Associated Press Writer BAGHDAD July 25, 2008 (AP) 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) 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 this week in the northern Iraqi city of Kirkuk. The military said Arkan Ali Taha was hit 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... [read full story]
