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US troops kill 3 more Iraqis

AFP, Fallujah
US troops shot dead three Iraqis and left two more in critical condition on today, a doctor and witnesses in the Iraqi city of Fallujah told the wire service.
Witnesses said the shooting occurred during a protest of thousands of people over a similar shooting Monday night, when US soldiers in this town west of Baghdad killed 13 people.
"This was a peaceful demonstration. Religious leaders told us not to be armed. There was no exchange of fire," said Safa Rusli.
He said US soldiers riding in jeeps and armoured vehicles mounted with guns opened fire after children in the crowd started pelting them with shoes and stones.
"I saw three people shot dead before my own eyes," Rusli said.
Dia Jumalli, a doctor at Fallujah general hospital, said three people were killed and two more were in critical condition. Several other people were also reported wounded. A report from the Arabic television network Al-Jazeera said that 7000 demonstrators were rallying against the US presence in Iraq in the wake of the killings on Monday.
The demonstration was led by the Muslim Brotherhood in its first appearance after the collapse of the Iraqi regime, Al-Jazeera said.
The demonstrators chanted anti-US slogans while US helicopters flew over the city, it said.
When asked if he had information on a shooting in the town, Centcom spokesperson Stewart Upton said "the soldiers retain the right to defend themselves' but that he was 'unable to confirm (a shooting) at this time."
Centcom said paratroopers of the 82nd Airborne Division were fired upon on Monday by 25 armed civilians mixed with a crowd of 200 protestors.
The paratroopers returned fire, wounding at least seven of the armed individuals.
However, witnesses in the town, west of Baghdad, said 13 Iraqis were killed by the US troops.
US Captain Jeff Wilbur, a civil affairs officer for the 1st battalion's 325 Airborne regimen, told Associated Press that US forces were investigating whether protesters had fired on troops. He said it was not clear whether any Americans were hurt in the incident.
City officials who witnessed the gunfire said they saw or heard no shooting from among the protesters.