Meanwhile in Baghdad, an estimated 2,000 people demonstrated Thursday against the arrest of a pregnant Iraqi woman by U.S. troops. The woman, Adhraa Hussein Awdas, was reportedly taken from her home in western Baghdad. The marchers issued violent threats and called on the Iraqi government to ban the arrest of Iraqi women by foreign soldiers.

Unidentified rally speaker: “Our honor is very precious, and we demand the U.S. forces release our sister who was arrested in al-Baqriyah, and we want them to release her today. We swear, by God, if they don’t, we will all be terrorists against America.”

Demonstrators said three people were later wounded when Iraqi troops opened fire on their protest.