Dozens dead after Baghdad clashes
29/4/08
More than 30 people have been killed and four American soldiers wounded in clashes in the Sadr City district of Baghdad, according to the US military. Fighting between US forces and Shia fighters broke out at about 9.30am (0630 GMT) on Tuesday when a US patrol came under fire, Lieutenant-Colonel Steven Stover said. A US military vehicle, which was evacuating an injured soldier, was also hit by two roadside bombs, small-arms fire and rocket-propelled grenades, he said. Stover said three other US soldiers were subsequently injured, and that US soldiers “killed 24 enemy forces in a protracted gun battle”.
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