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Article: Sadr City is a dangerous world for U.S. troops.(Knight Ridder Newspapers)

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May 25, 2004
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Byline: Robert Moran

BAGHDAD, Iraq _ In the sprawling slum known as Sadr City, prominently displayed banners written in English taunt American soldiers. "Welcome," they declare, to a "second Vietnam."

Militiamen loyal to rebel cleric Muqtada al-Sadr regularly attack U.S. forces.

Bystanders are struck by stray bullets. Residents suspected of helping the Americans are murdered.

In the last month, seven Iraqis, including the chairman of Sadr City's version of a city council, were killed in separate incidents, an Iraqi police official said. In every case, their bodies were hung in public with attached signs accusing them of being American ...

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