US soldiers involved in Iraqi policemen deaths ‘just arrived in city’
According to US and Iraqi officials, confusion and inexperience may have contributed to the September 12 killings, the worst friendly fire incident since major hostilities were declared over on May 1.
However, Capt Jimmy Cummings, spokesman for the 82nd Airborne Division, dismissed any suggestion that the soldiers who had been in Iraq for a week were ill-prepared.
