At least 925 people killed in Iraq's Sadr City clashes

[maddezmom]

Source: AFP

BAGHDAD (AFP) - More than 900 people have been killed in clashes between militiamen and security forces in Baghdad's Sadr City that broke out last month, a senior Iraqi official told reporters on Wednesday.

"There were 925 martyrs in Sadr City and 2,605 others have been wounded," in the firefights that began on March 25 and are still continuing, said Tehseen Sheikhly, a spokesman for the government's Baghdad security plan.

Fierce clashes between US and Iraqi forces and Shiite fighters, mostly from the Mahdi Army militia of anti-American cleric Moqtada al-Sadr, erupted after Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki ordered a crackdown on militiamen in the southern city of Basra.

The crackdown triggered a wave of clashes in other Shiite regions of Iraq, but particularly in Sadr City, the bastion of the Mahdi Army in east Baghdad.

The clashes have also inflicted heavy toll on US forces. At least 20 soldiers have been killed in Baghdad in April, a significant number of them in and around Sadr City.



Read more: http://uk.news.yahoo.com/afp/20080430/twl-iraq-unrest-sadrcity-3cd7efd.html

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US troop deaths push monthly toll to 7-month high in Iraq
By SLOBODAN LEKIC, Associated Press Writer
5 minutes ago



BAGHDAD - The killings of three U.S. soldiers in separate attacks in Baghdad pushed the American death toll for April up to 47, making it the deadliest month since September, the military said Wednesday.

One soldier died when his vehicle was struck by a roadside bomb. The other died of wounds sustained when he was attacked by small-arms fire, the military said. Both incidents occurred Tuesday in northwestern Baghdad.

A third soldier died in a roadside bombing Tuesday night in the east of the capital, the military said.

The statement did not give a more specific location. But the eastern half of Baghdad includes embattled Sadr City and other neighborhoods that have been the focus of intense combat between Shiite militants and U.S.-Iraqi troops for more than a month.

In all, at least 4,059 members of the U.S. military have died since the Iraq war started in March 2003, according to an Associated Press count.

more:http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080430/ap_on_re_mi_ea/iraq_080428200060

[BOSSHOG]

1. Good thing they aren't white or christian

or republicans would be calling an end to the madness.

[superconnected]

11. You mean unborn babies. They'll even kill their own if they question bush.

[ckramer]

2. Fallujah repeat

Kill until the city is leveled.

Oil is not free!

[catnhatnh]

3. Can someone explain to me....

why the hell a "government spokesmen" would refer to them as "martyrs"???
Something here smells funny.I'm sure many in the city refer to them that way, but this sounds like the government is condemning actions they are supposedly supporting.

[Supersedeas]

4. collateral damage is just a word for the powdered faces to hide behind while on TV

[laststeamtrain]

5. Sadr City bloodshed kills 925 Iraqis

Source: AFP

Sadr City bloodshed kills 925 Iraqis

by Salam Faraj 30 minutes ago

Clashes between Shiite militiamen and security forces have killed more than 900 people in Baghdad's Sadr City, an Iraqi official said on Wednesday, as Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki vowed to keep up the offensive.

The latest death toll from the Sadr City fighting that erupted late last month is set to make April the deadliest month this year, denting US and Iraqi government claims of improved security.

"There were 925 martyrs in Sadr City and 2,605 others have been wounded," Tehseen Sheikhly, spokesman for the government's Baghdad security plan, told reporters.

Read more: http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20080430/wl_mideast_afp/iraqunrestsadrcity_080430160958

[SpiralHawk]

6. "Surrrrrge." - Commander AWOL

"Well, at least they have the comfort of knowing they died for, um, freedom, or whatever. Smirk."

- Commander AWOL

[Evoman]

7. Because people get densisitized.

This is exactly how many Iraqis died.

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[bdamomma]

8. I was watching a movie last nite The Pianist

at the end showed those Jews who were freed from the Concentration Camps walking past the German soldiers who were taken as Prisoners of War by the Russians, and the Jews yelled out to the German soldiers "Murderers" I felt a chill come over me, will our soldiers be called the same thing for killing so many Iraqis and invading their country and killing their family members.

Sad very sad. It just goes on and on.......for this filthy regime we have.

[maddezmom]

9. Iraq bloodshed in April kills 1,073 by Salam Faraj

BAGHDAD (AFP) - At least 1,073 Iraqis were killed across the country in April, most of them slaughtered in fierce fighting between security forces and Shiite militants, security officials told AFP Wednesday.

According to data collected by Iraq's interior, health and defence ministries and made available to AFP, 966 civilians were killed in April, followed by 69 policemen and 38 soldiers.

The death toll in April is marginally lower than in March which saw 1,082 Iraqis killed.

"The death toll in April is mainly driven by fighting between (Shiite) militants and security forces," a security official told AFP on condition of anonymity.

more:http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20080430/wl_afp/iraq_080430200116;_ylt=AoPb8_kARdfqXpOWanWXinqQOrgF

[Doctor_J]

10. And there's nothing we can do about it

:cry:

[Jacobin]

12. Interesting headline

An attempt to make it sound like Sadr City is somewhere other than Baghdad, where the vaunted escalation (not surge) has been so successful.

(not fussing at subby, I know the headline is posted the way it was in the article)