Clashes displace 150 Sunni Arab families in W Baghdad

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so nice oh so so so much progress.


http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2007-09/22/content_6769725.htm

Clashes displace 150 Sunni Arab families in W Baghdad

Special report: Tension escalates in Iraq

BAGHDAD, Sept. 22 (Xinhua) -- Some 150 Sunni Arab families were displaced from a mixed Sunni and Shiite neighborhood after clashes between residents and Mahdi Army militia, loyal to radical Shiite cleric Moqtada al-Sadr, an Interior Ministry said on Saturday.

The families fled their homes in Washash district to other predominantly Sunni districts of Adel and Ghazaliyah in western Baghdad after fierce clashes erupted late on Thursday, the source told Xinhua on condition of anonymity.

The clashes broke out after gunmen opened fire on Hammoudi Naji, a local leader of Mahdi Army militia which control the neighborhood, he added.

The overnight clashes resulted in the killing of six people, including four women, the source said, adding that several houses were also damaged.

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1. Sounds like progress to me.

:sarcasm: