CNN REPORTS: HELLFIRE MISSILE OVERSHOOTS TARGET. HITS US CONVOY

U.S. military: "Air weapons team" fired missile after seeing militants planting bombs
One U.S. soldiers suffered hearing loss, another had a broken leg

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1,300 police, soldiers dismissed for negligence, refusing to fight, spokesman says
About 900 were stationed in Basra, where a crackdown on Shiite strongholds began

BAGHDAD, Iraq (CNN) -- A U.S. missile overshot its target and struck a troop vehicle, injuring two U.S. soldiers and two Iraqi civilians, and setting houses on fire in eastern Baghdad, the military said.

Most of the dismissed police and soldiers were in Basra, where a commando is seen directing traffic last month.

The accidental strike on the U.S. vehicle came Saturday as U.S. and Iraqi security forces battled Shiite militants in the capital, fighting that continued into Sunday.
An "air weapons team" spotted militants setting up roadside bombs in the New Baghdad district Saturday afternoon and launched a Hellfire missile, the military said.

Fighting erupted more than a week ago as the coalition forces worked to stop roadside bombings and rockets that are being launched toward central Baghdad's International Zone. Watch how fighting continues in Sadr City »

The Hellfire missile fired by the U.S. military "overshot its intended target and struck a coalition forces vehicle, starting it and nearby houses on fire," the military said.