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ABU GHRAIB, Iraq (AP) - U.S. troops battled Iraqi rioters when a dispute over a marketplace exploded into anti-American fury Friday. Leaflets and rumored warnings called for a "Day of Resistance" Saturday at the start of a three-day general strike to protest U.S. occupation. The bloody, on-and-off clashes in Abu Ghraib, just west of Baghdad, broke out Friday morning when U.S. troops tried to clear market stalls from a main road, Iraqi police reported... "God damn America!" shouted friend Ali Hussein, who said the men were passing by when the Americans opened fire on rock-throwers. "U.S. soldiers are the real terrorists, not us!" he said. Anyone care to guess whether these guys did well, or poorly, under Saddam? Posted by: cingold 2003-10-31 |
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