Iraqi police fired into the air yesterday to disperse several hundred demonstrators who had gathered in Baghdad to protest at the arrest of Saddam Hussein.
"We want Saddam back!" protesters chanted while marching in a street in the Sunni Muslim neighbour- hood of Azamiyah.
Iraqi police confronted the demonstration and when protesters refused to disperse and shouted insults, several policemen fired volleys of gunfire into the air.
US forces later arrived in the area but were not involved in breaking up the crowd, the witnesses said.
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Earlier yesterday, US soldiers using batons broke up a smaller protest by college students in Tikrit, Saddam's home town, close to where US troops captured him on Saturday.