MELISSA BLOCK, host: From NPR News, this is ALL THINGS CONSIDERED.  I'm Melissa Block.</s>MICHELE NORRIS, host: And I'm Michele Norris.</s>MICHELE NORRIS, host: Iraq was the scene of several demonstrations today.  One protest in      southern Iraq turned violent, wounding five Iraqi soldiers, three Shiite      gunmen, and a young bystander.  The US military, meanwhile, launched an      investigation into how unflattering photographs of the imprisoned Saddam      Hussein were leaked to two tabloid newspapers, Britain's daily Sun and      the New York Post.  NPR's Peter Kenyon reports from Baghdad.</s>PETER KENYON reporting: Thousands of Shiite supporters of the radical cleric Moqtada al-Sadr      turned out for protests today, some against the US military presence in      Iraq, and others denouncing Newsweek magazine's now retracted allegations      of US abuse of the holy Koran.  One protest turned violent as Sadr      militiamen traded fire with Iraqi forces in the southern city of      Nasiriyah.  The largest Sunni mosques in Baghdad, meanwhile, will be      closed for three days to protest the killing or detention of prominent      Sunni clerics.  Some Sunnis accuse the Iraqi government or the Shiite      Badr Brigade militia of involvement in the killings.</s>PETER KENYON reporting: The US military, meanwhile, is angered by the leaks of photographs of      Saddam Hussein in US custody clad only in his underwear.  In a statement,      the US military said the leak may have violated Saddam's rights as a      detainee under the Geneva Convention.  Iraqi and US officials fear that      the photos may re-energize an already bloody insurgency believed to be      made up largely of members of the former dictator's regime.  Peter      Kenyon, NPR News, Baghdad.
Violence continues in Iraq, including clashes in southern Iraq between rival Shiite Muslim groups. In Baghdad, some Sunni mosques were shut down in response to calls from prayer leaders who are angry over the government's failure to stop attacks on Sunni Muslims.