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| Bakri's wife was among the shocked mourners |
The US military says it will investigate the death of an Iraqi television journalist
killed by troops as he drove close to a US convoy.
Ahmed Wael Bakri has buried by family and friends amid anger and high emotion
after his death on Tuesday.
US convoys usually display warnings telling drivers to keep at least 100 metres
away, fearing suicide attacks.
"The Americans just do not care, this happens all the time," said
one distraught mourner at Bakri's funeral.
In a rare move after the killing of an Iraqi civilian, the US embassy in Baghdad
issued a statement of condolences to the family and his employer, the private
Sharqiya TV.
"We were deeply saddened and hurt by Mr Wael al-Bakri's death and as is
the case with incidents of unintentional killing, the investigation is ongoing
and we are trying our best to find out the details of the accident," it
said.
The apology was not accepted by the family during the funeral, which was punctuated
by women's screams and shots fired into the air by automatic weapons.
A news editor at a local TV channel was reportedly killed by US troops on Sunday
after they opened fire having come under attack Baghdad.
On Friday, another Iraqi reporter was shot dead - also allegedly by US forces
driving in a convoy.
The US army has not commented on either death.
