reports that Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki wants U.S. troops involved in a deadly raid to be prosecuted, while Pentagon officials maintained that the raid was approved by the Iraqi government before it occurred.
The controversy broke out after an operation early Sunday in which coalition forces, according to the U.S. military, arrested six suspected members of violent groups. Two Iraqis were killed in the raid -- the U.S. military described one Iraqi as a hostile man wielding a weapon; the other was described as a woman who got caught in the crossfire.
The Washington Post reported that al-Maliki, in a written statement, called for the six suspects to be freed and for the U.S. troops to be prosecuted -- the first time the Iraqi government had called for such a thing.
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