Iraqi forces arrest two U.S. security guards

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http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/KAR979273.htm

BAGHDAD, Nov 19 (Reuters) - Two U.S. security guards and 31 other foreigners were among 43 people arrested by Iraqi security forces on Monday over a central Baghdad shooting in which a woman was wounded, an Iraqi government spokesman said.

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The four-vehicle convoy included 21 Sri Lankan, nine Nepalese and one Indian worker, he said. The security guards comprised 10 Iraqis and two Americans.

It was not clear who fired at the woman. Baghdad security spokesman Brigadier-General Qassim Moussawi earlier said the woman was crossing the street at a square on the edge of Karrada when she was shot.

He said those in the convoy were arrested at a checkpoint manned by Iraqi security forces inside Karrada. The unidentified woman's condition was not known.

Dabbagh said angry Iraqi bystanders threw stones at the convoy after the shooting.