Iraqi Protest Turns Deadly

NPR

Published April 29, 2003 at 12:00 AM EDT

Iraqi doctors say 13 Iraqis are killed and dozens wounded by U.S. forces west of Baghdad at Fallujah. Members of the Army's 82nd Airborne Division say they opened fire after coming under attack by armed men in a crowd of demonstrators. NPR's Guy Raz reports.

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