Iraq: Violence spreads as army, militias clash

Telegraph [UK]

03/25/08

Iraq was facing the prospect of nationwide revolt after followers of Shia cleric Moqtada al-Sadr rose up in anger against a government-led strike on militia strongholds in Basra. Violence spread across southern Iraq and into Baghdad after 12 were reported killed in Basra fighting. Major Tom Holloway, a spokesman for British forces at Basra Airbase, said that the Iraqi army had mounted a cordon around two districts of the city and the police were raiding known militia positions. Five districts of the central Iraqi city of Kut fell to Sadr followers during a demonstration. A police spokesman said the authorities had asked for US military intervention...

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