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April 04, 2004

Uprisings throughout Iraq; 7 8 more U.S. soldiers killed

Ouch

Iraq was racked today by its most violent civil disturbances since the occupation started, with a coordinated Shiite uprising spreading across the country, from the slums of Baghdad to several cities in the south. An American soldier and a Salvadoran soldier were killed in the unrest, news agencies reported.

By day's end, witnesses said Shiite militiamen controlled the city of Kufa, south of Baghdad, with armed men loyal to a radical cleric occupying the town's police stations and checkpoints.

More than eight people were killed by Spanish forces in a similar uprising in the neighboring town of Najaf.

In the southern city of Nasiriyah, Italian troops exchanged fire with militiamen, and one Italian officer was wounded in the leg, Lt. Col. Pierluigi Monteduro, chief of staff of the Italian troops in the region, told The Associated Press.

Posted by Norwood at April 4, 2004 05:20 PM
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Make that "10 U.S. Troops Killed in Iraqi Violence".

http://customwire.ap.org/dynamic/stories/I/IRAQ?SITE=FLNAP&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT

Posted by: Florida Politics at April 4, 2004 07:44 PM