March 19

In the Baghdad attack Wednesday, Iraqi officials said at least 15 people died and 30 were hurt when a U.S. missile struck a residential neighborhood. American officials promised to investigate, but said Iraq was to blame for any civilian deaths because it was placing military assets near the homes of its people.

Associated Press: Fourteen civilians were reported killed in the north Baghdad Shaab neighborhood in a blast that Iraqi officials blamed on cruise missiles. Iraq's health minister said a total of 36 civilians were killed and 215 wounded in U.S. air strikes on Baghdad on Wednesday. He accused the United States and Britain of deliberately targeting civilians to break the Iraqi people's will. Brooks said civilian injuries appeared to be concentrated in Shiite populations and "there may be a pattern" of Iraqis targeting that group, which is the majority in the country ruled by Saddam Hussein's Sunni-dominated regime.