Iraqi Ex-Policemen Protest in Nasiriyah, One Dead

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http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/nm/20030913/wl_nm/iraq_italy_shooting_dc&cid=574&ncid=1473

ROME (Reuters) - One Iraqi man was shot dead and two others were injured during a protest outside a police station in the southern Iraqi city of Nasiriyah, the Italian central military command said on Saturday.

Italian troops were in the police station during the incident, prompting the Italian military to issue a statement. None of the Italians were injured.

The statement said a crowd of former policemen wanting their jobs back protested outside the police station. They threw stones at the building and tried to storm it.

Iraqi police fired warning shots into the air, causing some of the protesters to shoot at them and in the ensuing confusion three protesters were shot, the statement said.

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[Brucey]

1. Damn it's amazing how this thing gets worse and worse,

put the war criminals in jail already! Violence begets violence. Who will step up to lead us out of this? We need a King or Gandhi. Fat chance, I suppose.