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Article: ARAB-US RELATIONS - Apr 15 - US Hopes To Counter Mahdi Army's Clout In Baghdad.
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- APS Diplomat Recorder
- Article date:
- April 19, 2008
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The US military continues to go after Shi'ite militiamen in an effort to quell the deadly rocket-fire that has been hitting the Iraqi capital's fortified Green Zone with increasing accuracy. On Apr 13 night it killed six gunmen in eastern Baghdad after American soldiers were attacked with rocket-propelled grenades. But while clashes carry on with Muqtada al-Sadr's Mahdi Army militia, which the US says is responsible for unleashing the salvo of rockets and mortars targeting American and Iraqi government buildings, US military officials are putting out feelers to Mr. Sadr's associates. They are reaching out to elements within his militia that they could possibly work with to ...
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Article: Iraqi, U.S. Forces Put Pressure on Mahdi Army
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