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Four Iraq Shiite militants killed in US air strike

by Staff Writers
 Baghdad (AFP) March 26, 2008
 A US air strike killed four Shiite militants in the central Iraqi city of Hilla on Wednesday, the American military said.

A military spokesman said Iraqi police called for US air support after clashing with a number of "special group criminals" in Hilla, about 120 kilometres (75 miles) south of Baghdad.

"Initial reports indicate that four special group criminals were killed in the air strike," the spokesman told AFP.

The US military uses the term "special groups" to refer to renegade elements of radical cleric Moqtada al-Sadr's Mahdi Army milita who are carrying out attacks against security forces and civilians in defiance of his ceasefire pledge.

It claims that members of special groups are trained in Iran in the use of sophisticated weaponry, including rockets and lethal roadside bombs known as explosively formed penetrators that can cut through the armour of US vehicles.

Gunmen loyal to Sadr have been battling Iraqi troops in the southern city of Basra and in Baghdad in fighting that has killed up to 50 people in two days.

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IRAQ WARS
Pentagon says new Iraq fighting arises from surge's success
 Washington (AFP) March 26, 2008
 The Pentagon on Wednesday said an eruption of violence in southern Iraq, where US-backed government forces were battling Shiite militias, was a "by-product of the success of the surge."






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