現地警察によるとイラク北部において米兵が地元の有力な部族長の娘を射殺した。 射殺されたのはキルクークから南に40キロの町Sussの重要な部族長の25歳の娘で 射殺されたときは羊の世話をしていた。射殺した米兵は、その娘が米軍を攻撃 する容疑者だと思いこんで撃ったと話しているという。 In northern Iraq, a US soldier shot dead Sunday the daughter of an influential local tribal chief who was minding sheep near the northern Iraqi city of Kirkuk, a police officer told AFP. The victim, aged 25, was the daughter of an important tribal chief from the village of Suss, 40 kilometres (25 miles) south of Kirkuk, The soldier said he had opened fire in the belief that he was dealing with a suspect, and claimed that most attacks on coalition forces south and south-east of Kirkuk were carried out by shepherds." http://news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/afp/20040418/wl_mideast_afp/iraq_unrest_040418144755