Al-Sadr's followers refuse to disband militia in Iraq (AP)


Written on April 20, 2008 – 9:41 pm | by

Residents clean up their damaged house in the Shiite enclave of Sadr City in Baghdad, Iraq, Sunday, April 20, 2008.  The house was damaged during sporadic clashes which took place after midnight on Sunday and killed 6 and wounded another 15, police and health officials said. (AP Photo/Karim Kadim)AP - Followers of hardline cleric Muqtada al-Sadr raised the stakes Sunday in the showdown with Iraq’s government, refusing to disband their militia. The U.S. military said 40 Shiite militants were killed in fierce fighting in southern Iraq.

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