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http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/soldiers_ambushed
Two Democratic senators said Thursday they would press the Pentagon for answers in the case of two California National Guardsmen killed by Iraqi officers they were training.
They also said they want to know why the Army waited nine months to tell the men's families after it had determined that Spc. Patrick R. McCaffrey, 34, and 2nd Lt. Andre D. Tyson, 33, were killed in an ambush.
"Are there other incidents where American troops are being shot at by the Iraqi forces they are training?" Boxer asked.
Democratic senators do not have the broad subpoena authority that Republicans, who control Congress, do, although Levin is the top-ranking Democrat on the Senate Armed Services Committee. The senators entered their request for answers into the Senate record.
The U.S. military has said one Iraqi suspect is in custody, while the other one is believed to be dead, though it has not given any details.
An Army officer who served in the same unit as Tyson and McCaffrey in Iraq said Thursday that military commanders knew militiamen had infiltrated the Iraqi Civil Defense Corps unit they were training long before the Iraqis killed the two Americans.
"We were told that before we went over there," the officer told The Associated Press, speaking on condition of anonymity because a criminal investigation remains open in the case. "They told us half these guys were insurgents. We knew it."
What a mess. Imagine having to be wary 24/7 of the people you are training. Then you have to be wary 24/7 every time you leave your barracks.
And then imagine you are on your third tour.
Two Democratic senators said Thursday they would press the Pentagon for answers in the case of two California National Guardsmen killed by Iraqi officers they were training.
They also said they want to know why the Army waited nine months to tell the men's families after it had determined that Spc. Patrick R. McCaffrey, 34, and 2nd Lt. Andre D. Tyson, 33, were killed in an ambush.
"Are there other incidents where American troops are being shot at by the Iraqi forces they are training?" Boxer asked.
Democratic senators do not have the broad subpoena authority that Republicans, who control Congress, do, although Levin is the top-ranking Democrat on the Senate Armed Services Committee. The senators entered their request for answers into the Senate record.
The U.S. military has said one Iraqi suspect is in custody, while the other one is believed to be dead, though it has not given any details.
An Army officer who served in the same unit as Tyson and McCaffrey in Iraq said Thursday that military commanders knew militiamen had infiltrated the Iraqi Civil Defense Corps unit they were training long before the Iraqis killed the two Americans.
"We were told that before we went over there," the officer told The Associated Press, speaking on condition of anonymity because a criminal investigation remains open in the case. "They told us half these guys were insurgents. We knew it."
What a mess. Imagine having to be wary 24/7 of the people you are training. Then you have to be wary 24/7 every time you leave your barracks.
And then imagine you are on your third tour.
