Civilian killed by U.S. fire in Missan

MISSAN / IraqiNews.com: A civilian man was killed by U.S. patrol fire in central al-Amara city on Saturday, a military source in Missan province said. “U.S. forces killed an Iraqi civilian who was eating a meal on a sidewalk in the industrial zone in central Amara,” the source told IraqiNews.com news agency. “The U.S. soldiers believed that the man was trying to plant an improvised explosive device,” he added. Amara, the capital city of Missan, lies 390 km south of Baghdad. AmR (P)/SR 1