An American raid on an Iraqi house resulted in the death of a man and his wife. US army claimed that the raid targeted Iranian-Backed Shiite militants, and was approved by Iraqi forces.

This raid has triggered angry reactions in Iraq, as relatives of those killed said that they were pressing charges in order to bring those responsible to justice.

““We are a peaceful family and I’m still in shock at how they suddenly raided our house, vandalised everything and killed my brother and his wife,” said Iraqi police captain Mouammar Abdul-Munin, who was detained in the US operation along with six others and released after government protests”-The Jordan Times

Iraqi government represented by Prime Minister Nouri Al Malki also asked for an apology, and for such crimes to never be repeated again.

“Abdul-Munin said he and five others detained were bundled into helicopters with hoods over their heads and taken to an unknown destination where a female US officer interrogated them about their links to Iran and Iranian-backed militia.
“I said I’d never been in Iran before. After a while they came back to us and said ‘we are sorry’. ‘We acted on wrong information’,” he quoted the officer as saying.”-The Jordan Times

Apologies may be presented by the US forces, and may be accepted by the Iraqi government, but the memory of the tragedy will not be forgotten by the family of the lost ones.