IRAQ

Prolog: Iraqi town seethes as US withholds bodies, information in deadly shootings

FALLUJAH, Iraq, Sept 12 (AFP) - Anger boiled over in the flashpoint Iraqi town of Fallujah on Friday as residents pressed the US military for both information and the victims' bodies after the shooting of 10 Iraqi security personnel by US troops.

Relatives and residents staged furious demonstrations outside the governor's office and police headquarters amid predictions of a new wave of violence against Americans in the town.

A spate of three attacks in barely five hours hit US troops around Fallujah later Friday in what police and relatives warned was an omen of worse to come if the US military failed to trust its Iraqi allies.

"Now we can expect that attacks will increase, because you will have not only what they call the resistance, but also the families of these 10 dead people and everyone else wanting to take revenge against the Americans," said police First Lieutenant Mahmud Hussein.