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Iraqis killed in U.S. checkpoint shooting
FALLUJAH, Iraq (CNN) -- American soldiers fired on a vehicle carrying at least six Iraqis after it ran a U.S. checkpoint in Fallujah, killing at least two people and injuring four others, the U.S. military said. Soldiers of the 82nd Airborne Division opened fire on the vehicle at 10:30 p.m. local time Friday, the military said. Witnesses told CNN that four people were killed Haidar Jamil, 17, who was wounded in his left leg and back, told The Associated Press that his father, mother and grandmother were killed. The chief of security at Fallujah General Hospital told the AP that four people were killed and five were wounded. He said the U.S. soldiers' patrol opened fire on a motorcycle traveling into Fallujah ahead of the pickup truck his father was driving. The motorbike rider was the fourth person killed, the AP reported. In Baghdad, rockets fired from a homemade launching system Saturday hit a hotel housing military and civilian officials of the U.S.-backed coalition and two nearby houses, but nobody was hurt, a U.S. military spokesman said. Soldiers from the 2nd Brigade combat team found the launching device, still containing ammunition and wired to a motorcycle battery for power, near al Rashid hotel, the spokesman said. Of the four rockets fired, one struck the 14th floor of the hotel, another landed in a garden courtyard and two struck nearby houses. Other developments• An Iraqi man was killed during an exchange of gunfire with a Polish military patrol in al-Hilla, a town southeast of Baghdad, a Polish forces spokesman told CNN Sunday. Maj. Andrzey Wiatrowski said the patrol came upon a group of 10 to 15 men late Saturday and asked for their identity papers, but they refused to cooperate. Instead, the major said, the group opened fire at the patrol, which fired back. None of the Poles was hurt, he said, and one Iraqi was detained. The others escaped. • Russian President Vladimir Putin emerged from talks with President Bush at Camp David with no commitment on his country's cooperation in postwar Iraq or to end its supply of nuclear technology to Iran. However, Putin joined Bush in declaring opposition to the potential development of nuclear weapons by Iran and North Korea. (Full story) • Americans are equally divided over President Bush's handling of the situation in Iraq, according to a Newsweek poll released Saturday. When asked whether they approved of Bush's stewardship in Iraq, 47 percent of respondents said "yes" and 46 percent "no." And 56 percent said the United States was spending too much money for operations in post-war Iraq, compared with 31 percent who said the spending was about right. • Chanting "Troops out of Iraq and Blair out of Number 10," thousands of protesters took to the streets of London to demonstrate against Britain's continued military involvement in Iraq. (Full story) • On Friday, two U.S. Army National Guard units, previously alerted that they would be going to Iraq, were told they will be mobilized next month. The orders involve about 10,000 National Guard troops. Another 5,000 troops were put on alert. The troops will be mobilized for up to 18 months and can expect to pull one-year tours in Iraq. CNN's Jamie McIntyre, Jason Bellini, David Ensor, Michael Holmes, Andrea Koppel, Phil Littleton, Liz Neisloss, Kris Osborn, Nic Robertson, Barbara Starr and Harris Whitbeck contributed to this report. Copyright 2003 CNN. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed. Associated Press contributed to this report.
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