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Iraqi shot after throwing slipper at US patrol | Antiwar Newswire

Iraqi shot after throwing slipper at US patrol | Antiwar Newswire: "American Marines shot and wounded an Iraqi man in the former flashpoint city of Fallujah believing he was throwing a grenade at them, the U.S. military said Thursday — but local police and witnesses said the object was only the man's slipper."

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