Baghdad

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Iraqi and US Forces Battle Shiite Militia
Supporters of Moktada al-Sadr protested in Baghdad's Amil district on Tuesday. The signs read: "No, No to governmental militias," "No, No, America," and "Yes, Yes, Iraq."
NYTimes:

Serious fighting broke out Tuesday in Basra and Baghdad, Iraq largest cities, between restive members of Iraq’s biggest Shiite militia and Iraqi Army forces backed by American troops. The scale and intensity of the clashes kept many residents home in Baghdad. Barrages of what appeared to be rockets hit the fortified Green Zone area for the second time in three days. In Basra, Iraq’s most important oil-exporting center, thousands of Iraqi government soldiers and police officers moved to drive out Shiite militia members who have taken over big swaths of that city.