A U.S. helicopter airstrike on Wednesday night killed eight civilians, including two children, north of Baghdad,
The attack was on a group of shepherds in a vehicle in a farming area. Relatives said some of those killed were fleeing on foot after the U.S. military arrived in the area.

"This is a criminal act. It will make the relations between Iraqi citizens and the U.S. forces tense. This will negatively affect security improvements,"

The Americans raided our houses ... People start fleeing with their children, then the aircraft started bombing people in a street along the farm

BAIJI, Iraq (Reuters) - Iraqi police said on Thursday a U.S. helicopter airstrike killed eight civilians, including two children, but U.S. forces said the six adults killed were militants suspected of links to a bombing network.

If they did nothing wrong and were by no means ennemies of the americans, why did they escaped in the night?
It seems that I would have held my hands up.