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Iraqi Shia demonstrators denounce US ambassador
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BAGHDAD - Dozens of Iraqi Shias took to the streets of Baghdad on Friday to denounce US Ambassador Zalmay Khalilzad, accusing him of standing in the way of an all-out fight against insurgents.

“No, no to Zalmay Khalilzad”, shouted the demonstrators as they marched through the district of Sadr City.

They were referring to recent criticism by Khalilzad and US commanders of policing, interrogation and detention methods used by Iraq’s fledgling security services, which are controlled by Shia-led ministries.

The march was officially organised by non-governmental organisations, but came just a day after the powerful Supreme Council of the Islamic Resistance in Iraq, a Shia religious party, lashed out at the US-led coalition. SCIRI charged that security services were being pressed to keep their gloves on in the fight against Sunni insurgents.