At least 14 civilians killed in US attack in Baghdad, police, residents say
(6 Sep 2007) SHOTLIST 1. Wide of people gathered around house damaged in attack 2. Various of damaged houses 3. Pan car buried under rubble to boys looking on 4. Various of people in front of damaged house 5. Wide of women crying and beating their chests UPSOUND: (Arabic) of grieving woman: "Curses on this government, curses on Nouri al-Maliki (referring to Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki)." 6. Various of people looking through rubble 7. People looking through hole in roof of damaged house 8. Hole in roof of house 9. Wide of destroyed house 10. SOUNDBITE: (Arabic) (no name given), Local resident: ''US helicopters bombed our houses while we were sleeping. My son and my husband were killed and they (US forces) destroyed our house as you see.'' 11. Wide of people in destroyed house 12. Man holding piece of shrapnel 13. Various of damage to houses 14. People surveying damage to house STORYLINE At least 14 people were killed early on Thursday in a US attack on a western Baghdad neighbourhood, police and residents said. The US command in Baghdad said it was aware of the report but had no immediate comment. The early-morning attack took place in the Washash area, next to the Mansour district of Baghdad, where an AP Television crew filmed area residents surveying the damage to their homes on Thursday morning. A black-cloaked woman wailed against Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki's government as she picked through rubble next to her house. "Curses on this government, curses on Nouri al-Maliki." she screamed. Residents reported hearing explosions at around 3 am ( 2300GMT) that continued for about 45 minutes to an hour. ''US helicopters bombed our houses while we were sleeping," one woman told AP Television. "My son and my husband were killed and they (US forces) destroyed our house as you can see.'' A police officer, speaking on condition of anonymity for security reasons, said US helicopters had attacked the area, killing 14 civilians and injuring 10 others. On the scene, however, residents said they thought it had been a mortar attack and said 27 people had been killed. Some said US airplanes were involved. Find out more about AP Archive: http://www.aparchive.com/HowWeWork Twitter: / ap_archive Facebook: / aparchives Instagram: / apnews You can license this story through AP Archive: http://www.aparchive.com/metadata/you...
