- AN Iraqi has died of his wounds after US troops beat
him with truncheons because he refused to remove a picture of wanted Shiite
Muslim leader Moqtada Sadr from his car, police said today.
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- The motorist was stopped late yesterday by US troops
conducting search operations on a street in the centre of the central city
of Kut, Lieutenant Mohamad Abdel Abbas said.
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- After the man refused to remove Sadr's picture from his
car, the soldiers forced him out of the vehicle and started beating him
with truncheons, he said.
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- US troops also detained from the same area five men wearing
black pants and shirts, the usual attire of Sadr's Mehdi Army militiamen
and followers.
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- Qassem Hassan, the director of Kut general hospital,
identified the man as Salem Hassan, a resident of a Kut suburb.
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- He said the man had died of wounds sustained in the beating.
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- A spokesman for the US-led coalition could not confirm
the incident.
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- http://theaustralian.com.au report
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