Hundreds rally against US forces
26/04/2003 15:43  - (SA)  

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Baghdad - Hundreds of angry residents from a Baghdad district, where 14 people died on Saturday when a stash of Iraqi weapons exploded, rallied in the center of the capital against US forces.

"No, no to America, yes, yes to Islam!" chanted the demonstrators from Baghdad's Zaafaraniya district, carrying banners accusing US troops of negligence for dumping the weapons in a residential area.

"The Americans are killing Iraqis with the weapons of Saddam Hussein," one banner charged, while another denounced "Arms placed among civilians".

A Shi'ite religious leader, Sheikh Khaled Shomari, warned US forces against repeating such "crimes against the lives of innocents" and pointed to a truck that had borne the corpses of six victims of the blasts.

US soldiers guarding the Palestine Hotel, where most of the international press corps is staying, kept demonstrators at bay with barbed wire.

The explosions at the depot on Saturday morning set off a hail of rockets toward homes in the residential area, killing at least six people and as many as 14, according to various sources. Up to 50 people were reportedly hurt.

US forces blamed sabotage for the tragedy.

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