Posted 1:15 PM by Dil
Iraqis protest at US 'terrorism'

Shias accuse the US of heavy-handedness
Up to 10,000 Iraqi Shias have taken to the streets of a Baghdad suburb to denounce the US for "terrorism".
The protest came during the funerals of two Shias allegedly killed by US soldiers in Sadr City on Thursday.

The US Army says the deaths followed an ambush on an American patrol on Thursday which two soldiers died.

Local people say the dead Iraqis were guarding a Shia cleric, and died in an exchange of fire with American troops searching the area after the ambush.

The latest US deaths bring to 94 the number of US casualties in Iraq since the end to major combat operations.

Earlier on Thursday, at least 10 people died in a suicide bombing at a police station also located in Sadr City - a mainly Shia district.

Soldiers 'shot first'

Chanting "no to America, yes to martyrs", the Shia mourners spilled into the streets, accusing the US of attempting to sow divisions between Shias and other Muslims in Iraq.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/middle_east/3181392.stm