- Title: IRAQ: CLASHES BETWEEN SHI'ITE REBEL MILITIA AND UNITED STATES FORCES ERUPT AGAIN
- Date: 5th June 2004
- Summary: (EU) SADR CITY, BAGHDAD, IRAQ (JUNE 4, 2004) (REUTERS) 1. SLV FIRE ENGINE IN FRONT OF HOUSE NEAR POLICE STATION 0.04 2. SLV SMOKE RISING FROM HOUSE AFTER MORNING ATTACK 0.09 3. LAS /MV FIREFIGHTERS COMBATING FIRE 0.25 4. MV WOMEN RESCUING FURNITURE FROM INSIDE THE HOUSE 0.36 5. LAS /MV MEN RESCUING FURNITURE 0.49 6. DAMAGED SHOP 0.58 7. SLV U.S. MILITARY VEHICLES AND CIVILIANS WALKING IN STREET 1.22 Initials Script is copyright Reuters Limited. All rights reserved
- Embargoed: 20th June 2004 13:00
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- Location: SADR CITY, BAGHDAD, IRAQ
- Country: Iraq
- Reuters ID: LVA2X9BUNXKYDXQAYZ3IHD6CP29Z
- Story Text: Clashes erupted again in Baghdad's Sadr City between
Shi'ite rebel militia and U.S. forces.
U.S. forces and militia loyal to rebel Shi'ite
cleric Moqtada al-Sadr clashed in the poor Shi'ite
neighbourhood of Sadr City on Friday (June 4, 2004).
A firefighting engine was seen combating fire, which
engulfed a house in the city as men and women tried to
salvage undamaged furniture and mattresses.
The city, where rebel Shi'ite cleric Moqtada al-Sadr
held sway also saw clashes on Thursday night (June 3) that
left one militiaman dead and three others wounded.
Crackles of gunfire and explosions echoed throughout
the city as militiamen took positions in the corners of the
streets There were no reports on casualties and no comment from
the U.S. military.
On Friday, mourners held a funeral for the militiaman
who was killed. Mourners marched through the streets of
the city carrying the coffin.
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