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    Fallujah erupts in protest after funerals

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    Post by chouchou Sat 26 Jan 2013, 6:06 am

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    Hundreds of anti-government protesters have blocked the main highway
    leading to the the Iraqi city of Fallujah, a day after at least [You must be registered and logged in to see this link.].

    The protesters gathered in central Fallujah on Saturday for the
    funeral of those killed in the shooting. Mourners hoisted caskets and
    waved Iraqi flags while shouting "Allahu Akbar"! or God is great.

    At the protest, the latest in a series of demonstrations against the
    government of Nouri al-Maliki, the prime minister, shouts of "Listen
    Maliki, we are free people" were followed by "Take your lesson from
    Bashar," a reference to Bashar al-Assad, president of Syria.

    The blocking of the highway, which runs to neighbouring Jordan, led
    to the deployment of federal police. The police presence comes as a bid
    by the ministry of defence to defuse the situation.

    Al Jazeera's Jane Arraf, reporting from Baghdad, said the protests
    were only the latest in "a tense situation" around the country.

    Friday's deaths in the predominantly Sunni town of Fallujah, west of
    Baghdad, were the first since protests began last month against alleged
    targeting of the Sunni minority community by the Shia-led authorities.

    Iraqi PM calls for restraint

    "I will not be satisfied with compensation provided by the defence
    ministry," said Ali Khalaf al-Ani, whose son Omar was killed on Friday,
    referring to an offer for financial compensation by Baghdad.

    "I want my son alive -- that is my demand!"

    Maliki called for restraint by security forces in a statement issued
    by his office, but also said that soldiers had been attacked in the
    first place.

    "This is what al-Qaeda and terrorist groups are seeking to exploit," he said.

    He also blamed "conspiracies" propagated by the intelligence agencies
    of neighbouring countries, supporters of now-executed Iraqi president
    Saddam Hussein, and al-Qaeda.

    The defence ministry has promised an investigation into the killings.

    Our correspondent said "The sunni minority who used to have great
    positions of power say ... they now feel they have no role in the future
    of Iraq".
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    Post by chouchou Sat 26 Jan 2013, 6:07 am

    Two Iraq soldiers dead, three kidnapped in Fallujah

    FALLUJAH, Iraq (AFP) - Gunmen killed two Iraqi soldiers and kidnapped
    three others in a series of shootings in Fallujah on Saturday, amid
    heightened tensions after troops killed seven anti-government protesters
    a day earlier.
    Iraqi police Colonel Mahmud Khalaf said gunmen
    separately attacked checkpoints in the east, west and north of the town,
    leaving two soldiers dead, one wounded, and three kidnapped.
    In
    one incident, gunmen attacked a checkpoint on Fallujah's eastern
    outskirts, killing one soldier. In the town's north, one soldier was
    killed and one wounded.
    In western Fallujah, militants broke into a
    small military outpost and kidnapped all three soldiers stationed
    there, Khalaf said.
    He added that police found the vehicle used in the kidnapping, but had no information about the three soldiers.

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