The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, June 15th, 2003
In holy Iraqi city of Karbala, U.S. occupation working right
By ANTHONY SHADID Washington Post
Sunday, June 15, 2003
Karbala, Iraq -- Hundreds of demonstrators surged through streets snarled with traffic. They coursed past the gold-leaf dome of one of Shiite Islam's most sacred shrines, past grimy walls plastered with portraits of young men killed by Saddam Hussein's government and past the hovels of pilgrims.
Through a rickety bullhorn came chants demanding that U.S. forces occupying Karbala pay the salaries of soldiers in the disbanded Iraqi army and pensions to veterans.
But the protes...
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