Across Iraq, battles erupt with Mahdi Army.(WORLD)

From: The Christian Science Monitor | Date: March 26, 2008| Author: | Copyright information

Byline: Sam Dagher Correspondent of The Christian Science Monitor

Baghdad -- The Mahdi Army's seven-month-long cease-fire appears to have come undone.

Rockets fired from the capital's Shiite district of Sadr City slammed into the Green Zone Tuesday, the second time in three days, and firefights erupted around Baghdad pitting government and US forces against the militia allied to the influential Shiite cleric Moqtada al-Sadr.

At the same time, the oil-export city of Basra became a battleground Tuesday as Iraqi forces, backed by US air power, launched a major crackdown ...

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