- ABU GHARIB, Iraq (AFP)
-- Four Iraqis, including a policeman, were killed and two US soldiers
wounded in violent incidents at a marketplace in Baghdad's western suburb
of Abu Gharib.
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- Following Friday midday prayers, Iraqis gathered to protest
what they said was the destruction of their market stalls by US forces.
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- "The police tried to contain the protest, the protesters
opened fire and a policeman was killed," said police Major Mussa Lazem.
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- US troops later opened fire, according to medic Abbas
Jassim who said three civilians were killed and at least 10 wounded.
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- Earlier the same day, two US soldiers were wounded in
a grenade attack at the market, according to US army Lieutenant Joseph
Harrisson.
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- It was not clear whether the two incidents were linked.
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