 State television reported that 18 boys were killed when a car bomb exploded in a park in Ramadi, and Iraqi and international officials were quick to deplore the slaughter. But questions about key details of the report emerged just as quickly. Iraqi police and state TV said the attack occurred Tuesday. Later, police said it happened Monday. The confusion grew deeper following an announcement by U.S. forces that 30 civilians and one Iraqi soldier were injured by flying debris Tuesday when troops intentionally detonated 15 bags of explosives found in Ramadi. Some of the wounded were treated at a U.S. aid station, and others were flown to a military hospital for treatment, the statement said. None of the injuries were life threatening, it added. The news first broke after nightfall when it is too dangerous for local journalists to independently check the reports in Ramadi, a Sunni insurgent stronghold 110 kilometers (70 miles) west of Baghdad. ...
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