WH: It's “Hazy” But...Iraqi PM Didn't Mean To Say Haditha Deaths Were “A Horrible Crime”...

Associated Press June 2, 2006 at 07:28 PM
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The White House on Friday sought to soften criticism by Iraq's prime minister over allegations that U.S. Marines killed two dozen unarmed civilians in the western town of Haditha last November.

White House press secretary Tony Snow said that Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki had told U.S. Ambassador Zalmay Khalilzad that he had been misquoted. But Snow was unable to explain what al-Maliki told Khalilzad or how he had been misquoted.

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