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Shiite Protests Continue in Baghdad

HeadlineJan 21, 2004

In Iraq, thousands of Shiite Muslims took to the streets of Baghdad for the second day in a row. On Monday the protesters called for open and free elections. On Tuesday the focus was Saddam Hussein and the Kurds. The Shiites called for Hussein to be tried in Iraq and be executed. They also called on the U.S. to reject calls by Iraqi Kurds to divide the country along ethnic lines.

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