Iraq says will press on with own Ishaqi probe

BAGHDAD, Jun 3 (Reuters) Iraq's government believes the U S military's exoneration of U S troops accused of killing civilians in the town of Ishaqi in March was unfair and will press on with its own investigation, an aide to the prime minister said today.

Adnan al-Kazimi also said the government would demand an apology from the United States and compensation for the victims in several cases, including the alleged massacre in the western town of Haditha last year.

''We have from more than one source that the Ishaqi killings were carried out under questionable circumstances. More than one child was killed. This report was not fair for the Iraqi people and the children who were killed,'' Kazimi told Reuters.

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