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US Troops Kill Boy in Iraq Grenade Attack

By Mary Papenfuss, Newser Staff

Posted May 10, 2009 5:04 AM CDT

(Newser) – US troops in Mosul shot dead a 12-year-old boy who they said hurled a grenade at them, and American authorities complained that Iraqis are paying children to attack, Reuters reports. Iraqi police, however, denied the boy was involved. He was holding about $9 in his... Read full story »

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