Civilian killing unjustifiable – Iraqi PM30 May 2006 -- Speaking ahead of the imminent publication of a US investigation into the killings of civilians in the Iraqi town of Haditha last November, Mr Maliki criticised the number of casualties caused by soldiers' actions.
"First of all I would like to offer my condolences for the families of those victims that were the victims of a wrong operation," he said.
Mr Maliki explained that regardless of nationality, it was of the utmost importance that soldiers respected the basic rights of civilians and acted accordingly.
He commented: "We emphasize that our forces, multinational forces should respect human rights, should respect the rights of Iraqi citizens.
"It is not justifiable that a family is killed because of fighting terrorists. We have to be more specific and we have to be more careful."
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