"The Iraqi government Thursday demanded that U.S. forces apologize for the deaths of 24 civilians in the town of Haditha last fall and said it would talk with the United States about limiting the way foreign troops conduct raids and detain Iraqi citizens.
“We cannot forgive the violations of the dignity of the Iraqi people,’’ Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki said.
U.S. troops operate in Iraq without any Iraqi government restrictions under an order that the American-led occupation government issued in 2004, and it was unclear whether U.S. officials would be willing to alter it."
