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By Khalid Mohammed
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
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NAJAF, Iraq — Supporters
of an anti-American cleric rioted
in four Iraqi cities Sunday,
killing eight U.S. troops and one
Salvadoran soldier in the worst
unrest since the spasm of looting
and arson immediately after the
fall of Saddam Hussein.
The U.S. military on Sunday
reported two Marines were killed
in a separate “enemy action” in
Anbar province, raising the toll
of American service members
killed in Iraq to at least 610.
The rioters were supporters
of anti-American cleric Muqtada
al-Sadr. They were angry over
Saturday’s arrest on murder
charges of one of al-Sadr’s aides,
Mustafa al-Yacoubi, and the clo
sure of a pro-al-Sadr newspaper.
Near the holy city of Najaf, a
gunbattle at a Spanish garrison
killed at least 22 people, includ
ing two coalition soldiers — an
American and a Salvadoran.
Fighting in the Baghdad
neighborhood of Sadr City killed
seven U.S. soldiers and wounded
at least 24, the U.S. military said
in a written statement.
A resident said two Humvees
were seen burning in the neigh
borhood, and that some
American soldiers had taken
refuge in a building. The report
could not be independently con
firmed. and it was unclear
whether the soldiers involved
were those who died.
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on Sunday, raising questions about the
ability to stabilize Iraq before the scheduled
June 30 handover of power.
SAUDI ARABIA
SOURCES: Associated Press; ESRI
A column of American tanks
was seen moving through the
center of Baghdad Sunday
evening, possibly headed toward
the fighting.
The military said the fight
ing erupted after members of a
militia loyal to radical Shiite
Muslim cleric Muqtada al-Sadr
took control of police stations
and government buildings in
the neighborhood.
Protesters clashed with
Italian and British forces in
other cities in a broad, violent
challenge to the U.S.-led coali
tion. raising questions about its
ability to stabilize Iraq ahead of
a scheduled June 30 handover of
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VATICAN CITY (AR) — Pope John Paul II celebrated
Palm Sunday Mass in the company of thousands of
young people who joyously waved fronds and olive
branches and cheered encouragement as he began a
heavy schedule of Holy Week ceremonies.
The Vatican described the gathering of more than
40,000 faithful in front of the altar on the steps of St.
Peter's Basilica as an “antidote” to the fears of ter
rorism and war around the globe.
Security has been heightened in the lad 1
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Roman Catholicism could be target of Islamiced
ists. Italian police officers patrolled the crowd I
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eye on participants.
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