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Article: 4 shot, hanged in revenge for bombings; Many in Sadr City had feared all-out civil war, but Mahdi Army shows restraint after dozens are killed in Sunday attacks
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- Telegraph - Herald (Dubuque)
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- March 14, 2006
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BAGHDAD, Iraq (AP) - Scorched pavement, destroyed shops, burned
out cars and four men shot in the head then hanged from electricity
pylons - victims of revenge killings - awaited Shiite residents
emerging from their homes Monday in Baghdad's Sadr City slum.
The scene, although gruesome, was not what many had feared: That
deadly explosions the previous night in Sadr City would ignite all-
out civil war, pitting majority Shiites against minority Sunnis.
Two car bombers and four mortar rounds shattered shops and market
stalls at nightfall Sunday when residents were buying groceries for
their evening meal. At least 58 people were killed and more than 200
wounded.
A key to Monday's relative peace ...