US air attacks kill 11 Iraqi civilians

Reuters reports that 11 members of an Iraqi family were killed in a U.S. raid on Wednesday, police and witnesses said. The U.S. military said two women and a child died during the bid to seize an al Qaeda militant from a house.

A senior Iraqi police officer said autopsies on the bodies, which included five children, showed each had been shot in the head. Community leaders said they were outraged at the killings and demanded an explanation from the U.S. military.

Picture shows the dead, go to the story for further unpleasant detail of aerial bombardment, killings, blowing up house and details of morgue / burial and capture of alleged Al Qeaeda "go-between" or "facilitator" .