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Article: Iranian ambassador in Iraq denounces US military operation in Sadr City as fighting rages
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- April 19, 2008
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Iran criticized U.S. military operations in Baghdad's main Shiite militia stronghold of Sadr City, warning they will worsen tension as fresh fighting there Saturday claimed at least 14 lives.
Iraq's Shiite-dominated government, meanwhile, claimed success in a new push against Shiite militants in the southern city of Basra, sending troops into a district where militiamen fought soldiers to a standstill last month.
The crackdown in Basra and the fighting in Sadr City are part of a government campaign against followers of anti-American Shiite cleric Muqtada al-Sadr as well as Iranian-backed Shiite splinter groups that the U.S. has identified as the gravest threat to a ...