The Hindu : Violence in Iraq leaves 20 dead

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Sunday, Mar 28, 2004

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Violence in Iraq leaves 20 dead

BAGHDAD, MARCH 27. Bombings and shootings across Iraq have left 20 people dead, including a U.S. Marine and a cameraman killed in fierce fighting between American forces and guerillas armed with mortars and rocket-propelled grenades.

In the centre of the capital on Saturday, a bomb exploded on a street as a convoy of sport utility vehicles passed, wounding five Iraqis, said the U.S. Army Lt. Col. Peter Jones. It was not clear who was in the cars. U.S. troops sealed off the area after the blast.

Rebels fired a rocket at a government building in Mosul on Saturday, killing two civilians and wounding 14 others, hospital officials said.

In Fallujah, about 55 km west of Baghdad, seven Marines were wounded, besides the one killed, in clashes on Friday, a U.S. spokesman in Baghdad said. Footage from Associated Press Television News showed American troops carrying a comrade in a stretcher shortly after an explosion during combat.

The Marines and guerillas fought for hours in the alleys of the city, which has resisted American efforts to pacify it since the ouster of the former leader, Saddam Hussein, a year ago. — AP

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