World | US military Iraq PM Vows to Prosecute US Troops After Fatal Raid First time Iraq has threatened prosecution against American soldiers By Matt Cantor Posted Apr 27, 2009 10:18 AM CDT Copied Local tribal members gather for the funeral of two people killed in a US military raid in Kut, southeast of Baghdad, Iraq, Monday, April 27, 2009. (AP Photo/Khalid Mohammed) Iraq’s prime minister is threatening the country’s first prosecution of US troops after two Iraqis were killed yesterday morning in a US raid, the Washington Post reports. Nouri al-Maliki said the raid violated a security agreement that bans unilateral American action; the US says Iraq’s military had approved the move. The case stands to raise US-Iraqi tensions amid a surge in militant attacks. Iraq’s government said it was holding two Iraqi military officials who’d approved the raid without getting their commanders’ go-ahead. In the incident, American troops in the early morning searched the residence of an Iraqi captain, who was not home. His wife screamed and two relatives, one armed, approached the Americans, who opened fire and hit both. Read These Next A former NFL Pro Bowler has died at age 36. The massive AWS failure exposed a big problem with the internet. Backlash for Trump nominee who said he has 'a Nazi streak.' A man ended up dead after trying to steal from Spirit Halloween. Report an error