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Article: U.S.: Sadr City Again a Militants' Haven
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- September 25, 2006
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BAGHDAD, Iraq - U.S. soldiers trying to calm Baghdad say the sprawling Sadr City slum has once again become a haven for anti-American militants - and the source of most of the gunfire and mortars directed at them.
In the last two weeks, U.S. forces have suffered several casualties from dozens of shootings, mortar attacks and roadside bombings that American troops believe originated from Sadr City.
Yet the Americans have been restrained in their response, as U.S. and Iraqi leaders strive to avoid a third confrontation in two years with firebrand cleric Muqtada al-Sadr and his Mahdi Army - the biggest and most dangerous Shiite militia in Iraq.
Instead of venturing into Sadr City in ...