BAGHDAD, February 05, SPA -- Three Iraqis were killed, including a woman, and at least one child was injured after American soldiers stormed a tiny one-room house north of Baghdad and opened fire, U.S. and Iraqi officials said Tuesday. Iraqi police said a couple and their 19-year-old son werekilled, and that their two young daughters were wounded inthe U.S. raid around 11 p.m. Monday. One of the young girlsdied early Tuesday, and the other was evacuated to a U.S. military hospital, police was quoted as saying by the Associated Press. The killings took place in the village of Adwar, 15kilometers (10 miles) south of Tikrit. The U.S. military, in response to a query from TheAssociated Press, released a statement confirming the raid. It said U.S. troops came under small arms fire whileentering the building, and that soldiers shot dead two meninside. A woman was killed and one child was injured, butit was unclear who shot them, the statement said. The incident remains under investigation, the militarysaid.--SPA www.spa.gov.sa/524313
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