Fighting resumes in Baghdad's Sadr City (Reuters)

Courtesy Ytop stories  Mon, 04/14/2008 - 4:53am

Residents clean up after their shop burned down in eastern Baghdad, Monday, April 14, 2008.<br /><br />Several shops at the market in eastern Baghdad were set on fire after a road side bomb struck a US humvee vehicle, police said giving no information about casualties.(AP Photo/Hadi Mizban)Reuters - Fighting erupted in Baghdad's Sadr City overnight after a day's lull, dashing residents' hopes of a let-up in clashes between U.S. and government troops and Shi'ite gunmen who control the streets of the sprawling slum.




 

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