US troops shot dead a Jordanian taxi driver and three of his passengers in Baghdad. Occupation forces opened fire at the car after it failed to stop at a checkpoint, according to the Amman taxi firm. Employers at the taxi firm said the driver âprobably did not see the American checkpoint in the darkâ and did not stop.
US military officials denied the report, saying the cars' occupants were killed when their vehicle crashed into a tank at a checkpoint.
| Doesn't sound like they're big on headlights. Macho men don't use 'em, y'know... |
And in Tikrit, a four-year-old Iraqi girl was killed and her sister wounded when a roadside bomb was detonated as they walked to school. A US army medic said Jihan Omran died after she was taken to hospital. |