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Protests After U.S. Tank Crushes Iraqi Cleric

HeadlineDec 10, 2003

In Baghdad Tuesday hundreds of Iraqis gathered to protest the recent death of a Shia cleric who was crushed to death by a US tank. The U.S. said the killing of the cleric Abd al-Razzaq al-Lami was accidental but Iraqis are calling for the U.S. officer driving the tank to be put on trial. Witnesses said the tank reportedly crushed the cleric and his car and then kept driving, leaving his body on the ground.

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