Suicide bombs mark Iraq’s sixth anniversary of war

AMERICAN flags were set on fire yesterday to chants of “no for occupation” as followers of an anti-US Shi’ite cleric marked the sixth anniversary of the Iraq war.

In five other Iraqi cities, supporters of cleric Muqtada al-Sadr also marched or stood in protest after prayers to demand the release of their allies detained at Iraqi and US-run prisons.

The protests came as a suicide bomber in Fallujah killed an Iraqi police officer and five others, including civilians, in an attempted attack on the home of the local leader of Sunni security volunteers who turned against al-Qaida.