Violence marks fall of Baghdad
9/4/08
At least 20 people have been killed in Baghdad’s Sadr City district despite a ban on vehicles in the capital to prevent unrest five years after its fall to US forces. On Wednesday, at least three mortars hit the neighbourhood in the east of Baghdad while Shia fighters clashed with US and Iraqi government forces. “The floor of the hospital is covered with the blood of children,” Dr Qasim al-Mudalla, manager of the Imam Ali hospital in Sadr City, said. He said that four children and two women were among the 11 bodies brought in. The US military said two more American soldiers had been killed during the clashes, raising the toll to 13 since the fighting flared on Sunday.
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