13 killed, 75 wounded after US troops fire on Kufa demonstration

[trumad]

It's a shame when I start believing the China Press before our own press.

NAJAF, Aug. 26 (Xinhuanet) -- Thirteen people were killed and about 75 were wounded on Thursday when US troops opened fire in Kufa at a crowd en route to the holy city of Najaf, Xinhua correspondent said.

The shooting occurred when hundreds of people were marching from Imam Issa al-Tammar in Kufa to Najaf under the call of Grand Ayatollah Ali al-Sistani to save the sacred Imam Ali Shrine.

US forces opened fire on the crowd, killing 13 people and injuring about 75 others, Haider abdul Hussein, a doctor in Kufa told Xinhua.

http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2004-08/26/content_1889370.htm

BTW: This was Google News top headline.

[demnan]

1. Of course it was U.S. who fired on the mosque

Who the hell else would it be?

[in_cog_ni_to]

2. Nuh, uh. CNN reported the attack

was from "unknown" snipers. :eyes: CNN is covering up for the cabal....AGAIN? Have they no shame?

[leftchick]

3. Twin Attacks....47 dead....

http://english.aljazeera.net/NR/exeres/1EEC1BB8-CFD6-46E8-865B-D31981A7C0C9.htm

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Two attacks in and around Kufa has left at least 47 people dead and scores wounded.



The first attack on Thursday targeted a huge gathering around the main mosque, while the second struck at thousands marching towards Najaf, where al-Mahdi Army militiamen loyal to Shia leader Muqtada al-Sadr have been defying US-led forces in a bloody standoff.



It was not clear who mounted the attack on the Iraqis in Kufa, who included supporters al-Sadr and senior Shia spiritual leader Ayat Allah Ali al-Sistani.


On Thursday morning, a mortar attack on the main mosque in the Iraqi city of Kufa killed 27 people and wounded 63 others who had gathered to march to Najaf, hospital officials and witnesses said.


Soon after, thousands of demonstrators from Kufa loyal to al-Sadr and al-Sistani marched on nearby Najaf, but came under fire from a base between the two cities housing Iraqi national guardsmen and US troops, witnesses said.