Global Coverage: Iraq protests

Apr. 9 - Tens of thousands of Iraqis heed an anti-American cleric's call to rally against U.S. troops.

The anti-American Shi'ite cleric Moqtada al-Sadr, whose militia Washington calls the biggest threat to Iraqi peace, gets tens of thousands of Iraqis to rally and demand the ouster of US troops. On this fourth anniversary of the fall of Baghdad, Baghdad residents facing a curfew today complain that security is poor, unemployment high and bloodshed plentiful.

Fred Katayama reports.

Follow Reuters Global Coverage on the fourth anniversary of the fall of Baghdad:

• Global Coverage: Baghdad four years later
  Fred Katayama introduces the Global Coverage.
• Baghdad anniversary: Anniversary marked with protests
  Iraqis in their thousands have answered a call by Shi'ite cleric Moqtada al-Sadr to rally against the American presence in Iraq.
• Baghdad anniversary: Iraqis gather for anti-U.S rally
  Ahead of the anniversary Iraqi Shi'ites started traveling to the the city of Najaf for a planned anti-American rally.
• Baghdad anniversary: Coalition assault on Mehdi Army
  US and Iraqi troops attacked Mehdi Army positions in the southern city of Diwaniya at dawn on Friday (Apr. 06).