Meanwhile in Baghdad, witnesses say U.S. forces shot dead six Iraqi civilians in a raid on the Shia area of Sadr City. Two brothers aged 11 and 15 years old are believed among the dead.

Sadr City resident Abu Haider: “We do not know why they were killed by the Americans. We do not know the reasons behind attacking those poor, innocent men who worked to earn their livings. Islam and Christianity cannot accept this!”