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Monday, April 11, 2005

anti-us protests in iraq

On Saturday, Iraqis marked the second anniversary of the fall of Baghdad by taking to the streets to protest the continuing US occupation.
"Tens of thousands of Iraqis joined an anti-US protest in Firdus Square, where Saddam Hussein's statue was toppled on 9 April 2003 as millions watched on TV.

Chanting 'No to America' and 'No to the occupiers', they pulled down and burned effigies of Saddam Hussein, US President George W Bush and British Prime Minister Tony Blair."
15 Iraqi soldiers were also killed that day by insurgents. Link to BBC article.