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Soldier who informed me school kids had held a pro-Saddam demo the previous day.

US soldiers fired rounds over the heads of students who were throwing rocks at them.

Soldier guarding school.

Bradley guarding secondary school.

Terrified school kids were released after the detained children were taken away.

Children who had held a pro-Saddam demonstration the previous day were loaded into a large truck and driven away.