Iraqi civilian killed, 3 others injured in U.S. attack in Basra

BASRA / IraqiNews.com: An Iraqi civilian has been killed and 3 others injured in fire from U.S. troops following an attack by 7 Katyusha rockets on their base in southern Iraq’s port-city of Basra, a security source said on Wednesday. “The U.S. forces have launched an air attack on a group of persons, they claimed to have been armed men, killing one of them and wounding three others, including a woman,” the security source said. The “attack took place after 7 Katyusha rockets fell on an American base in Basra Airport,” the source noted.   The source said that the persons, attacked by the U.S. raid “were a group of civilian peasants.” For its part, IraqiNews.com news agency tried to contact the American side, but failed. SKH (TP)/SR 898