U.S. Probes Killing of Iraqi by American Soldier

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BAGHDAD (Reuters) - The U.S. military is investigating the killing by an American soldier of an Iraqi man who was accused of boasting about murdering another U.S. soldier, the army said on Friday.

The man was killed during a May 17 raid by U.S. troops on his Baghdad home when he tried to grab the weapon of one of the soldiers who then shot him dead, according to a statement issued by the U.S. military.

"According to a source, the Iraqi was an anti-Iraqi forces operative who bragged to his neighbors about murdering a 1st Cavalry soldier at a checkpoint," the statement said. "This information subsequently led to a raid by Coalition forces."

Last week, the army said it had opened a criminal investigation into a U.S. soldier who fatally shot at close range an Iraqi man who already was grievously wounded in a vehicle after a high-speed chase near the city of Kufa.

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