Roadside bomb in central Iraq city wounds five civilians; large Shiite pro

[Judi Lynn]

Roadside bomb in central Iraq city wounds five civilians; large Shiite protest in south

VIJAY JOSHI, Associated Press Writer Thursday, January 29, 2004



(01-29) 00:52 PST BAGHDAD, Iraq (AP) --

A roadside bomb exploded Thursday in a central Iraqi city, wounding five Iraqis, a day after thousands of Shiite Muslims protested in the south to demand the U.S.-appointed provincial governor's resignation.

Also Wednesday, a suicide bomber sped through a security barrier in the heart of Baghdad and blew up a van disguised as an ambulance in front of a hotel, killing three people -- including a South African -- and wounding 17.

The protest by some 10,000 people in the town of Nasiriyah was the latest sign of the growing empowerment of Iraq's majority Shiites who were repressed for decades by Saddam Hussein's Sunni-dominated regime.

Sunni insurgents loyal to the captured dictator are blamed for much of the ongoing violence in the country, such as Wednesday's suicide van bombing in an upscale Baghdad neighborhood.
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[cspiguy]

1. Maybe the CPA should let the Shia patrol Falluja and the Triangle

then we might get somewhere in stopping this violence.

[kellycp]

2. yeah

throw the ethnic majority religious fundamentalists at the former iron fisted ruling class, im sure that will stop the violence