Anti-US fervor surged in the Iraqi capital as thousands of Shiite Muslims staged an angry funeral march following fighting here that killed two Iraqis, as well as two American soldiers. In Washington, meanwhile, US Vice President Dick Cheney launched a fierce frontal assault on critics of the Iraq war. And Turkish officials said they were disturbed by Iraqi opposition to a decision to send troops to the country, urging the United States to sort out the wrangle. In Baghdad's Sadr City district, more than 10,000 Shiites gathered for the funeral procession of two of their own killed in a firefight Thursday night between the Mehdi Army militia and coalition soldiers that also left several people hurt. Militiamen armed with assault rifles and pistols escorted the funeral procession, led by a cleric who waved a ceremonial sword.

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