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January 7, 2005

U.S. General apologizes for Arbil attack

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In previous posts here and here I have written of the Arbil attack by U.S. Forces in which the Kurd capital suffered a strike by U.S. helicopters, jets, and special forces troops, apparently by mistake. A kurdish blogger had written me about another matter and I was then made aware of the attack on  which he (Kurdo's World) had written an extensive post. Today we have a further update with U.S. General Ham apologizing to the people for the attack on the Arbil university dormitory two nights ago - calling the incident a mistake by U.S. forces.

KurdishMedia.com 07/01/2005
London (KurdishMedia.com) 07 January 2005: On Kurdistan Satellite TV today, U.S. General Ham apologized to the people for the attack on the Arbil university dormitory two nights ago, calling the incident a mistake by U.S. forces.

General Ham stated, "I ask the President, the Kurdistan Regional Government, and the people of Arbil to accept our sincere apologies."

The general stated that relations between the Iraqi Kurds and U.S and coalition forces have been strong and that he hopes they will remain that way.

No mention was made about why the U.S. forces had attacked the university. Source..

Posted by Hyscience at January 7, 2005 8:46 AM

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