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Iraqi Rioters Battle U.S. Troops

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By SAMEER N. YACOUB, Associated Press Writer

ABU GHRAIB, Iraq - U.S. troops battled Iraqi rioters when a dispute over a marketplace exploded into anti-American fury Friday. Leaflets and rumored warnings called for a "Day of Resistance" Saturday at the start of a three-day general strike to protest U.S. occupation.

Two Iraqis were killed, and 17 others and two U.S. soldiers were reported wounded at the marketplace clashes outside Baghdad, as Iraqi rioters waved portraits of Saddam Hussein and shouted "Allahu Akbar!" _ "God is great!"

A bomb exploded Friday morning near an 82nd Airborne Division patrol outside Khaldiyah, west of Baghdad, killing one soldier and wounding four others, the U.S. military reported.

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Mr. Bush regards these circumstances as "getting better in Iraq." Its obvious this nation is being run by an idiot.