US troops have killed six members of the Iraqi security forces during a patrol on the river Tigris just north of Baghdad, Iraqi police say.
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The Iraqis say the incident occurred when Iraqi forces fired warning shots into the air as a US boat was passing close to a checkpoint near Tarmiya.
US forces were conducting operations against suspected al-Qaeda militants.
"The Iraqis fired in the air, but a few minutes later, a helicopter shot at them and killed six of them and wounded 10 others," an Iraqi security official said AFP news agency.
The US military said there had been an exchange of fire between US troops and Iraqi security forces, and that the Iraqis suffered casualties.
"It is always regrettable when incidents of mistaken fire occur on the battlefield, a review of the circumstances is under way," the US military said in a statement.
(BBC)
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