US troops accused of new murders in Iraq
US troops yesterday faced fresh accusations of unlawful killings of civilians in Iraq as Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki ordered the release of 2,500 detainees in a gesture to promote national reconciliation.
The Iraqi Islamic Party, the main Sunni Arab political party, accused US forces of murdering more than two dozen Iraqis in a series of incidents across the country in May.
"The US forces have violated human rights many times across Iraq," said Omar al-Juburi, spokesman for the human rights department of the party, which is led by Vice President Tareq al-Hashemi.
For all latest news, follow The Daily Star's Google News channel. In the latest in a string of allegations against US forces, Juburi said 29 Iraqis were killed in May in separate incidents involving US forces in the towns of Latifiyah and Yusifiyah, south of Baghdad, and in the capital itself.
"On May 13, US forces launched an air assault on a civilian car in Latifiyah and killed six people inside the car," Juburi told reporters.
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