Iraq says will press on with own Ishaqi probe

BAGHDAD (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 on Saturday.

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.