5 killed in Kirkuk ethnic clashes

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At least five Iraqis were killed and more than 20 wounded on Wednesday when gunfire erupted during a demonstration in Kirkuk, where Kurds are bidding for more control of the oil-rich northern city.
Several thousand Arab and Turkmen protesters marched on the headquarters of the Patriotic Union of Kurdistan (PUK), one of two main Kurdish factions, and surrounded the building, chanting "No to federalism, Kirkuk is Iraqi." Kirkuk's chief of police said two people were killed in a burst of gunfire. Doctors said three more people died later at a nearby hospital and at least 20 were wounded.

Several wounded said they had been shot at by PUK peshmerga fighters. But Jalal Jawhar, head of the PUK office in Kirkuk, said Turkmen protesters opened fire on the PUK offices, wounding three members of Kirkuk's largely Kurdish police.

The chief of police said his men had not fired on anyone.

http://www.jordantimes.com/Thu/news/news4.htm

[nadinbrzezinski]

1. Civil War in '04?

Com'on we seem to have two wars ongoing, the war against us, and
the civil war in Iraq