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To: Kenneth E. Phillipps who wrote (517779)	12/31/2003 10:04:43 AM
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To: Kenneth E. Phillipps who wrote (517779)	12/31/2003 10:23:50 AM
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The civil war in Iraq continues - Iraqi Rally Turns Violent as Kurdish Militia Kills 3, AFP Says Dec. 31 (Bloomberg) -- Three people were killed and 31 wounded today when Kurdish militiamen opened fire during a demonstration by Arabs and Turkmen in the northern Iraqi oil city of Kirkuk, Agence France-Presse said, citing a hospital official. About 2,000 people gathered outside government offices to protest efforts by the city's Kurdish majority to incorporate Kirkuk into any Kurdish state, AFP said. U.S. forces monitored the rally briefly before departing. Two people died on arrival at Kirkuk General Hospital and another died later from gunshot wounds, hospital director Hashem Mohammed told AFP. Last week, Kurds calling for a federal Kurdistan staged the biggest demonstration in Kirkuk, 255 kilometers (158 miles) north of Baghdad, since Saddam Hussein's regime fell in April after a U.S.-led invasion. The regime waged a campaign of violence against the Kurds and tried to make Arabs the majority in northern Iraq. Kirkuk is south of three provinces that Kurdish rebels gained control of in defiance of Hussein.