Iraq's Shiite-dominated government has claimed success in a new push against Shiite militants in the southern city of Basra, sending troops into a district where militiamen fought soldiers to a standstill last month.
Iraqi soldiers backed by British soldiers pushed their way into Hayaniyah, the local stronghold of the Mahdi Army of anti-American cleric Muqtada al-Sadr. News agencies said it was the heaviest fighting for weeks in Basra, where Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki launched a crackdown on Sadr's followers Four Hamas activists killed in Israeli raid on Gaza ...
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Rocket blast kills Iraqi police ... last month. Troops also detained a number of suspected militiamen. An Iraqi army spokesman said he expected the whole area to be secured by Sunday.
(Deutsche Welle)
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