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To: LindyBill who wrote (73406)9/27/2004 3:38:24 AM
From: KLP  Read Replies (1) of 794012
 
US air strikes 'target Sadr City'

Last Updated: Monday, 27 September, 2004, 07:12 GMT 08:12 UK

news.bbc.co.uk
Sadr's supporters have frequently clashed with the US
US forces have carried out overnight air attacks in Baghdad's Sadr City suburb, residents said.
Doctors said two people were killed and more than 40 wounded, but there has been no comment from the US military.

The area is a stronghold for supporters of radical Shia Muslim cleric Moqtada Sadr, who recently called on followers to observe a ceasefire.

At least two Iraqis were killed when a car bomb hit an Iraqi national guard patrol in the northern city of Mosul.

At least three people were wounded in the attack, which happened at about 0900 (0500 GMT), including a civilian.

The latest violence came hours after US Secretary of State Colin Powell warned the conflict in Iraq was getting worse. He said insurgents wanted to disrupt elections in January, but said the US would increase efforts to defeat them.

Elsewhere in Baghdad, insurgents fired mortar bombs at a police academy in the east of the city. There are no reports of casualties.

US troops have frequently clashed with Mr Sadr's Mehdi Army militia.

A peace deal last month ended weeks of fighting in the city of Najaf but clashes have continued in Sadr City - a heavily-populated slum in north-east Baghdad where many of Mr Sadr's supporters are based.

The area is named after Mr Sadr's father, a senior cleric assassinated in 1999 reportedly on the orders of ousted Iraqi leader Saddam Hussein.
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