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16-04-04, 18:06
Occupation troops clash with al-Sadr army
Five Iraqi civilians have been killed and another 20 wounded during clashes between US marines and the Mahdi Army in Najaf while Muqtada al-Sadr made his first public appearance in two weeks.
"The clashes are still ongoing", Aljazeera correspondent, Atwar Bahjat said reporting from Najaf on Friday.
"Most of the injured are seriously wounded," Saif al-Din Yusif, a doctor at the Central Euphrates hospital, told reporters. "They have bullet wounds to the chest and limbs, or injuries caused by mortar blasts. We have civilians among the casualties."
US troops have reinforced Spanish and Polish soldiers in the area around Najaf, preparing for a possible campaign to root out wanted Shia Muslim leader Muqtada al-Sadr and his militia.
http://english.aljazeera.net/NR/exeres/1D57146B-355F-4EF5-BB13-C695B35DB255.htm
Five Iraqi civilians have been killed and another 20 wounded during clashes between US marines and the Mahdi Army in Najaf while Muqtada al-Sadr made his first public appearance in two weeks.
"The clashes are still ongoing", Aljazeera correspondent, Atwar Bahjat said reporting from Najaf on Friday.
"Most of the injured are seriously wounded," Saif al-Din Yusif, a doctor at the Central Euphrates hospital, told reporters. "They have bullet wounds to the chest and limbs, or injuries caused by mortar blasts. We have civilians among the casualties."
US troops have reinforced Spanish and Polish soldiers in the area around Najaf, preparing for a possible campaign to root out wanted Shia Muslim leader Muqtada al-Sadr and his militia.
http://english.aljazeera.net/NR/exeres/1D57146B-355F-4EF5-BB13-C695B35DB255.htm