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(Baghdad, Iraq-AP) -- Iraqi officials say it was an accident.
They say U-S troops mistakenly opened fire on a car carrying a member of the Iraqi Governing Council in Baghdad. The council member wasn't hurt, but his driver was.
The council member (Mohammed Bahr al-Uloum) is a Shiite Muslim cleric. He was traveling inside a U-S-guarded compound when the incident happened.
Iraqi officials haven't said when it happened. They say a U-S officer on the scene expressed regret and apologized to the cleric.
U-S officials say they don't know anything about the incident.
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