"The floor of the hospital is covered with the blood of children," said Dr Qasim al-Mudalla, manager of the Imam Ali hospital in Sadr City, where he said four children and two women were among 11 dead bodies brought in on Wednesday.
Baghdad anniversary clampdown fails to stop violence
By Ahmed Rasheed and Wisam Mohammed 48 minutes ago
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/iraq_dc;_ylt=ApB62nVqoW67zLduot4oiSlX6GMA
BAGHDAD (Reuters) - Twenty people were killed in Baghdad's Shi'ite slum of Sadr City on Wednesday, security sources said, despite vehicle bans aimed at preventing unrest from spreading on the fifth anniversary of the fall of Baghdad.
Up to 70 people have died in Sadr City since Sunday in battles between black-masked militia loyal to cleric Moqtada al-Sadr and U.S. and Iraqi troops.
The upsurge in fighting comes as the top U.S. officials in Iraq testified in Washington that they opposed setting a timetable to withdraw troops from the 5-year-old war.
Wednesday, April 9, 2008
CLAMPDOWN OF BAGHDAD FAILS TO STOP VIOLENCE. 20 IRAQIS KILLED. FLOOR OF HOSPITAL COVERED WITH BLOOD OF CHILDREN
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