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Iraqi Protest Camps Burnedand Broken, but Not Beaten

Heather Murdock

   BAGHDAD / KARBALA, IRAQ - As Baghdad darkened Friday evening, teenage
   boys carrying shields made of barrels cut in half charged into a
   growing crowd.Riot police were moving forward across a bridge, pushing
   back protesters with gunfire and tear gas.Smoke from burning tires
   curled into the night.

   Written in white letters on the barrels was: "Attention, martyrs are
   advancing."

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