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• Hadil Emad was shot by U.S. troops on January 1, 2009, while crossing the al-Jadriya Bridge in Baghdad, Iraq. U.S. military authorities maintain that she was acting "erratically", and did not respond to their warnings. She has reportedly said that she heard no warnings from the soldiers before they shot her.CNN: Iraqis Say Americans Shot Woman... (Jan. 3, 2009) The shooting is under investigationPress TV: US Troops Wound Iraqi Woman (January 3, 2009)

• Fast Facts

  1. Age: 25 (2009)WTOP (Washington DC): Soldiers Shoot, Wound Woman in Baghdad (Jan. 3, 2009)
  2. Videotape editor with Beladi Satellite TVCNN: Iraqis Say Americans Shot Woman Without Warning (January 3, 2009)
  3. Married a week before the shootingCNN: Iraqis Say Americans Shot Woman Without Warning (January 3, 2009)
  4. Taken to the hospital by Iraqi security forces, not U.S. troopsCNN: Iraqis Say Americans Shot Woman Without Warning (January 3, 2009)
  5. Employer stated she has "hearing problems"WTOP (Washington DC): Soldiers Shoot, Wound Woman in Baghdad (January 3, 2009)
  6. Two shots firedPress TV: US Troops Wound Iraqi Woman (January 3, 2009)
  7. Left kidney removedCNN: Iraqis Say Americans Shot Woman Without Warning (January 3, 2009)
  8. Parts of liver and lung damagedCNN: Iraqis Say Americans Shot Woman Without Warning (January 3, 2009)
  9. Condition: Critical, as of January 3WTOP (Washington DC): Soldiers Shoot, Wound Woman in Baghdad (January 3, 2009)

• Backstory

  The al-Jadriya Bridge crosses over the Tigris River in Baghdad, and is located in an area just outside of the Green Zone in Baghdad. The shooting occurred two hours after the U.S. had handed over control of the Green Zone to Iraqi troops, while U.S. and Iraqi forces were on a joint patrol. The area where the shooting occurred was a checkpoint that previously been a target of both car bombs and suicide bombings.CNN: Iraqis Say Americans Shot Woman Without Warning (January 3, 2009) Press TV: US Troops Wound Iraqi Woman (January 3, 2009) WTOP (Washington DC): Soldiers Shoot, Wound Woman in Baghdad (January 3, 2009)

• Quotes

  "We condemn this criminal act and demand an explanation from the U.S. military...Hadil Emad walks every day to work using the same road, but all of a sudden there was a U.S. patrol"—Saied Abdul Hadi, Beladi Satellite TVCNN: Iraqis Say Americans Shot Woman Without Warning (January 3, 2009)

  "The soldiers "followed approved defensive measures after the woman failed to heed repeated warnings by both Iraqi police and [U.S.] soldiers," the U.S. military said. "The Iraqi police and soldiers observed the woman acting erratically. Concerned by the danger she might present to the security forces and civilians, given her repeated failure to respond to warnings, [U.S.] soldiers fired two rounds, wounding the woman.""CNN: Iraqis Say Americans Shot Woman Without Warning (January 3, 2009)

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