26 Iraqi workers wounded as US troops mistake them for rebels (AFP)

BAGHDAD (AFP) - A group of Iraqi workers in Baghdad came under fire from US troops who mistook them for insurgents.

An interior ministry source said US troops fired on a crowd of workers in the central Baghdad neighbourhood of Alawi, while a defence ministry source reported an exchange of fire between suspected rebels and US forces in the area.

But a number of casualties lying in Al-Yarmouk hospital told AFP that a US helicopter fired at them as they were gathered outside a hotel.

AFP Photo: Hamza Jaber lies on a hospital bed with neck and leg injuries after he was...

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