Big Shiite (peaceful) demonstration ...U.S. death toll stands at 276

[UpInArms]

http://www.boston.com/dailynews/237/world/Big_Shiite_demonstration_outsi:.shtml

BAGHDAD, Iraq (AP) Thousands of Shiite Muslims protested peacefully Monday night outside the headquarters of the U.S.-led coalition in Baghdad, charging the occupation force was lax on security and did too little to stop a weekend of ethnic bloodshed in the north and the bombing at the house of an important Muslim Shiite cleric in the south.

The U.S. military reported a soldier died of a non-hostile gunshot wound, bringing the number of soldiers killed since major combat was declared over to 138. A total of 276 soldiers have died in combat or by accident since the war began March 20.

The Baghdad protest moved, after about an hour, to the Patriotic Union of Kurdistan office in Baghdad. The protesters alleged the Kurdish organization started the fighting Friday night in Tuz Kharmato and continued attacks on Turkomen tribesmen the next day in Kirkuk, 115 miles north of Baghdad. Eleven people died.

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note: although not the first part of the headline - to see a paper actually print the death toll in the article headline seemed important.

[chenGOD]

1. A non-hostile gunshot wound?

"a soldier died of a non-hostile gunshot wound"....

WTF is that? Do they mean he got shot by another soldier? Or just some random Iraqi gunfire?

[UpInArms]

2. well, you see, the

gun itself was not overtly hostile - only the person aiming it at the soldier - perhaps someone was learning how to clean and care for their new AK-47??