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April 7, 2008
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Byline: Awadh al-Taiee Contributor to The Christian Science Monitor

BAGHDAD -- Sadr City, the capital's teeming Shiite district where Moqtada al-Sadr's Mahdi Army is entrenched, erupted in violence again Sunday, one week after a truce ended battles pitting Mr. Sadr's militia against US and Iraqi troops.

Although sporadic clashes continued between the Mahdi Army and Iraqi forces even after the cease-fire deal, Sunday's flare-up has been the worst and threatens to undo the lull in fighting in the capital and in the southern oil city of Basra.

Police sources cited by Reuters said that at least 22 people were killed and 55 wounded in the battle that ...

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