Iraqis protest martyrdom of cleric

By: Hamoud Kufi

BAGHDAD, Iraq: Iraqis holding anti-American placards on Tuesday took to the streets of the capital, Baghdad, against the martyrdom of a cleric Sheik Abdor-Razzaq Al-Lami.

During the demonstration, which comprised of hundreds of protestors, slogans against the USA and Israel were chanted.

According to reports the cleric was martyred by a United States military tank on Friday December 5 2003 while standing next to his car after it broke down.

Meanwhile, 41 American troops and six Iraqi civilians were wounded in a suicide bombing at the gates of a military barracks on Tuesday.

Hours earlier, three soldiers died in a road accident in central Iraq, and three civilians were martyred when a Baghdad mosque was rocketed.

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