250px|Map showing Samarra north west of Baghdad Two women, one of them about to give birth, were shot dead by US forces as they rode in a car headed toward a maternity hospital in Samarra , 60 miles north of Baghdad, according to witnesses and Iraqi police Capt. Laith Mohammed. The Washington Post reported that the women's bodies were "wrapped in sheets and lying on stretchers outside the Samarra General Hospital before being taken to the morgue, while residents pointed to bullet holes on the windshield of a car and a pool of blood on the seat". The US military has increased the number of investigations into charges of misconduct against US troops, most notably following the alleged mass murder of as many as 24 civilians in the town of Haditha , west of Baghdad. Initially, 15 civilians and eight insurgents were reported dead in gunfire following a roadside bombing that killed a US Marine. Military spokesman Major-General William Caldwell said, "there are three or four (investigations) at least at this time" and that they are in "the first stages."
250px|Map showing Samarra north west of Baghdad Two women, one of them about to give birth, were shot dead by US forces as they rode in a car headed toward a maternity hospital in , 60 miles north of Baghdad, according to witnesses and Iraqi police Capt. Laith Mohammed. reported that the women's bodies were "wrapped in sheets and lying on stretchers outside the Samarra General Hospital before being taken to the morgue, while residents pointed to bullet holes on the windshield of a car and a pool of blood on the seat". The US military has increased the number of investigations into charges of misconduct against US troops, most notably following the of as many as 24 civilians in the town of , west of Baghdad. Initially, 15 civilians and eight insurgents were reported dead in gunfire following a roadside bombing that killed a US Marine. Military spokesman Major-General William Caldwell said, "there are three or four (investigations) at least at this time" and that they are in "the first stages."
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