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US helicopters engage Shiite militants in Sadr City

Iraqi police say that US helicopters are engaging Shiite militants in Baghdad's embattled Sadr City district.

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  • Published: 15:31 April 27, 2008
  • Gulf News

Baghdad: Iraqi police say that US helicopters are engaging Shiite militants in Baghdad's embattled Sadr City district.

They say two people have been killed and 12 injured in clashes between joint Iraqi-American forces and fighters of the Mahdi Army of cleric Muqtada Al Sadr.

An officer said four of the injured in the clashes early on Sunday were young children.

The sprawling district with over two million inhabitants has seen continuous clashes between Shiite militants and Iraqi and US forces in the past month.

Elsewhere in Baghdad, police say a suicide bomber blew up a security checkpoint in the eastern neighborhood of Zayouna killing two Iraqi soldiers and injuring five.

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