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Sun 04 Apr 2003Relative of senior Kurd wounded by 'friendly fire'The brother of Kurdish DemocraticParty leader Massoud Barzani was in critical condition on Sundayafter being wounded in an apparent "friendly fire" attack byUS planes in northern Iraq.A highly placed Kurdish source told Reuters that WajeehBarzani "was in the convoy, he was injured, he was in a criticalcondition".