60 killed as Iraqi forces fight militias
China Daily | Updated: 2008-03-27 07:16
BASRA, Iraq: Iraqi forces fought militants loyal to Shi'ite cleric Moqtada Al-Sadr yesterday on the second day of a campaign the government hopes will end militia control without the help of foreign troops.
The fighting centered on the southern oil-rich city of Basra but has spread to Baghdad and other towns and has killed more than 60 people and wounded hundreds.
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