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Article: Iraqi forces and Mahdi Army clash in ongoing combat in Sadr City.(News)
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- Cape Argus (South Africa)
- Article date:
- April 8, 2008
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Iraqi government forces and the Mahdi Army clashed again today in Baghdad's Sadr City district, despite a government ultimatum to anti-American cleric Muqtada al-Sadr to either disband his militia or give up politics.
Fighting broke out after Iraqi units tried to enter the sprawling neighbourhood in the east of the capital early this morning, a police officer says.
The boom of explosions could be heard across much of Baghdad, apparently coming from Sadr City. Low-flying jets circled the centre of the capital several hours before sunrise.
The two sides had been using small arms, rocket-propelled grenades and mortars in the ongoing combat, said ...