Hittest triggers underlying movieclips

Hi

I also posted this on another forum. Hope this one is a bit more active still.

I can't seem to figure this one out.

I have a simple for loop that activated when a stopDrag has been triggered.

this checks if my dragable object hits the part i want.

It does work however it also hittests on the movieclip that is underneath it. oddly enough if 3 clips overlap, they all trace out their name.

Each movieclip, about 13 in total, overlap each other, a few don't, those who don't overlap work perfectly.

I tried mouseChildren false;

Does anyone have an idea? Maybe I am just tired but I can't seem to grasp what is going on.

Many thanks in advance.

here a flint of the code where relevant

      private function release(event: MouseEvent): void {
         event.target.stopDrag();
         for (var k: int = 0; k < whichclips.length; k++) {
            whichclips.mouseChildren = false;
            if (hitTestMouse(whichclips)) {
               trace("hitTest " + whichclips.name);
            }
         }
      }

      public function hitTestMouse(hitarea: DisplayObject): Boolean {
         return hitarea.hitTestPoint(hitarea.stage.mouseX, hitarea.stage.mouseY, true);
      }