Three killed and out of tens of wounded in Najaf (hospital)
Three people were killed and of tens of others wounded when troops of the coalition opened fire Sunday on demonstrators Shiites in Najaf, affirmed with the AFP Mohammad Hussein Al-Husseini, doctor at hospital Al-Sadrein of the city.
"We received three died and of tens of casualties, but the assessment is likely to be allourdir because there are always casualties who arrive at the hospital", it affirmed.
Coalition troops fire on Shiite protestors in Iraq holy city
Coalition troops opened fire on thousands of supporters of Shiite Muslim radical leader Moqtada Sadr headed towards the headquarters of the Spanish-led Plus Ultra Brigade on the outskirts of this Shiite holy city, an AFP correspondent witnessed.
There were at least five people lying wounded on the ground, amid the sound of explosions and gunfire, the correspondent said.
Ambulances rushed to the scene.
The Sadr supporters had been marching from Najaf to the neighbouring shrine town of Kufa, passing the Plus Ultra base on their way.
Pro-Sadr demonstrations also erupted Sunday around Baghdad and in the southern port city of Basra.
The Shiite radicals, who have consistently opposed the US-led coalition and the interim bodies it has set up in Iraq, have mounted daily protests for the past week over the coalition's suspension of their newspaper, Al-Hawza.
Hear this, Spanish military. Those people want you DEAD. If you shoot, shoot to kill. Either you were being cutesy with your rules of engagement or your people can't shoot for s**t.