Civilian killed by U.S. fire in Mosul

NINEWA / IraqiNews.com: An Iraqi civilian was shot down by U.S. forces inside his house in eastern Mosul city, a local police source said on Monday. “At a late hour on Sunday night, U.S. forces killed a civilian during a raid on his house in al-Muthanna neighborhood, eastern Mosul,” the source told IraqiNews.com. The reasons behind the killing remain unknown, the source added. No comment was immediately available from the U.S. side. Mosul, the capital city of Ninewa, lies 405 km north of Baghdad. The original city of Mosul stands on the west bank of the Tigris River, opposite the ancient biblical city of Nineveh on the east bank, but the metropolitan area has now grown to encompass substantial areas on both banks, with five bridges linking the two sides. SS (P)/SR 1