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Demonstration reported in Baghdad

Rebels say fighting to go on till Saddam's exit: 9 cities seized
BEIRUT. Mar 6: Islamic fundamentalist rebels sakl on Tuesday they had taken ixsilnil of nine Iraqi towns and cities. including Basra They vowed to fight until Pn-sideni Saddam Hussein was ousted, reports Reuter.
The Iran-based Supreme Assembly for the Islamic Revolution in Iraq (SAIRI) said in a statement that it s sup-Erters had "liberated
sra. Amara. Kut. Dtwanlya. I Ulla. Najufa. Nassiriya. Karbula. Sumawa and hundreds of their districts'
Shiite Muslim forces were also lighting troops loyal to Saddam in tlx: narilxTn eMRs and towns of Mosul. Maseeb. bulaimaniya. Diala and Quada Tai Adar, the SAIRI said.
Najaf and Karabaki. lx»ly i-Iks in central Iraq, arc ecn-ires of Shi'ite theology and their citizens luivc traditionally opposed rulers in Baghdad . mainly of llw minority Sunni
“We affirm our determina lion to continue the uprising againtlx- criminal regime of Saddam that luts staiix-d the honor of the nation." the SAIRI statement said.
The group said Its revolt had ix links with foreign pow era and all Iraqi opposition groups supported it's fight .
The group described the presence of US-led coalitton Inxips in southern Iraq as “a biller insult" Io the Iraqi people and demanded their com plcle withdrawal as sas Ctssibk*. Ute Gulf War Allies ivc said unlts’thal ended up on Iraqi soil at the end of last week s lOO-hour ground war to mist Iraqi forcco Irom Kuwait will be withdrawn as mxin uh a' ceasefire Is fur-muhM-d.
SAIRI member Moluimnxxl .il-llaidurl sakl carker In I k in it their hundreds of women, children uixi old people were killed In Busru. Iraq's second city. by artillery fire from Stxklam loyalists.
lie said anil-Saddam dcnxmsiralorx also turned tail In Baghdad and were con-fronted b\ Msurity fortes lie sakl ri lx Is !kl parts ol tlx-Iraqi capital.
Iluldari adj.-d that three tanks had Joined rebel forces In Basra on Monday. "Our peoples too forcefully against Iwo army brigades and snipped tlteir advance towards Basra." lx- sakl.
In Damascus. a spokesman lor the anli-Saddam Shi’ite Hawa party said units of Saddam's Republican Guard failed Io break rebel lines In Basra and the city of Nassiriya. The holy city of Najaf has fallen into the hands of the rebels after bkxxly ebnfronla lions with remnants of security forces." spokesman Jawad Al-Maliki sakl in a slatenx-nl.
Shi'ites from about half of Iraq* 17 million population there arc an estimated 3.5 million Kurds tn northern Iraq, who for decades have fought the leadership In 11 iglxlad’
ikiwu's slalemcnt urged Iraqi troops, routed In lust week's oflensivc. Io Join the flchi l oust Saddam
Reuter from Nicosia adds: Iranian President All Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani expressed concern on Tuesday al the re bellton In ntghbouTgiig Iraq and the n<««l ol ichigns flee Ing to Inin. In Iron's first pnblo reaction l the revolt against Saddam Hussein Ralsan|ani Urged the Allied forces occupy fug Mititlwra Iraq to leave and let regional countries solve IIxTr own- problems.
The Iranian News Agency I MN A said he made the te marks tn a telephone call with German Chancellor Helmut Noiti.
Earlier. Iraqi Deputy IMmr
drrfutl fn Tehran on a siirpdv visit. carrying a message for Rafsanjani from Saddam IRNA sakl there were no detailof the message.
Tehran tried Io mediate in II* Gulf crisis before US-led Alite* crushed the Iraqi army in a four-day offensive Inst •wk. occupying a large purl of souI hern Iraq near the Iranian border .
President Rafsanjani ea-
resi in Iraq is w-ll as the • xo-dus of Iraqi prupk living in border areas tn Iran, saying immediate action should be taken in this regard. IRNA Mikl
The best thing the multinational forces can do I* Io quickly withdraw from the region and let the countries of the regkin solve their problem* themselves it quoted Rafsanjani as lolling Kohl.
Iran which fought a war with Iraq from I960 Io I9HH has said It’s former fare s territorial integrity must remain Intact.
IRNA said on Tuesday "large numbers" of Iraqis had crossed into Iran In the south since fighting broke out in Basra and oilier parts of southern Iraq fast week.
Nearly 10.000 non-lraq1s lied to Iran from Iraq via Khosravi border northeast of Baghdad during the Gulf war.' but the flow decreased to a trickle after the ceasefire hist Thursday.