The U.S. military says two Iraqi policemen were killed after they opened fire on U.S. soldiers conducting an operation against al-Qaida near the northern city of Mosul.
A U.S. statement says the incident began when U.S. soldiers entered a neighborhood looking for a suspected al-Qaida operative who was believed to be in a building.
The statement says the soldiers began taking fire from a separate building and after identifying themselves fired back.
U.S. soldiers and Iraqi police entered the house and found two Iraqi policemen in civilian clothes had been killed in the exchange.
A U.S. spokesman says coalition forces "deeply regret" the loss of the two policemen.
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