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To: jlallen who wrote (25436)8/14/2003 6:09:57 PM
From: Karen Lawrence  Read Replies (1) | Respond to of 89467
 
From that article: In Iraq, a Shiite Muslim group demanded that U.S. troops withdraw from a Baghdad neighborhood within 24 hours, a day after American forces fired on thousands of protesters in the Shiite enclave and killed at least one person.

A statement distributed in Sadr City said American forces "deeply regret" what happened and described it as a mistake. Later, Lt. Gen. Ricardo Sanchez, commander of coalition forces in Iraq, said troops try to keep Iraqi culture in mind but must remain aggressive.

A military spokesman American troops killed one person and wounded four after a rocket-propelled grenade was fired at them.


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