An Iraqi man was killed and a US soldier was wounded in gunfire during riots in a town west of Baghdad, US military sources said today.
Witnesses said hundreds of residents protesting the arrest of Saddam Hussein rioted in the town of Falluja last night, overrunning the office of the US-appointed mayor.
US military sources said that during the melee, gunmen fired at US forces in the city, wounding one soldier. Soldiers returned fire, killing one man and wounding two.
The protest in Falluja was one of several demonstrations by supporters of Saddam in the mainly Sunni Muslim areas west and north of Baghdad.
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Saddam was captured by US troops on Saturday.