U.S. apologizes to Iraqis for Islamic banner case

Friday, August 15, 2003

BAGHDAD, Iraq -- The U.S. military apologized to the people of a Baghdad neighborhood Thursday for an incident in which a man was killed after a Black Hawk helicopter blew down an Islamic banner.

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