US military pays Iraqi victims.

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In my half asleep stuppor I heard a report on NPR last night that the US military was paying $2,500 to each member of any Iraqi family who lost a “close” relative due to military error.

Is this true?

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The amount might vary from case to case, but it looks like it’s the right ballpark

From 2003

The US military has paid out $1.5m (£907,000) to Iraqi civilians in response to a wave of negligence and wrongful death claims filed against American soldiers, the Guardian has learned.

In 2004, the British Army

paid £8,125 in compensation to the families of three Iraqi civilians allegedly killed by UK troops.