Four Iraqis working for French NGO killed in case of mistaken identity

[Barrett808]

SAMAWA, Iraq (AFP) - Four Iraqis working for a French aid group in the southern city of Samawa were killed by "militiamen" in the area of Najaf further north in a case of mistaken identity, their employer said.

The workers were "summarily executed" on Friday by militiamen after they were mistakenly implicated in a car bombing, the Paris-based Agency for Technical Cooperation and Development (ACTED) said.

The four men were driving near Najaf en route to Karbala when a car bomb went off and were "immediately arrested by militiamen at the scene," ACTED said in a statement.

"In the ensuing panic, they were suspected of being accessories to the attack and were summarily executed, it would seem, by members of this militia," the aid group added.

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[Dhalgren]

1. Is this "militia" working for the

Bhagdad puppets or just local vigilanties trying to get a grip on the spiraling madness? With Negreponte in charge there may not be any difference.

[saigon68]

2. Nice Court system

Good luck to the mercenaries at the next

BARBECUE