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Basra shootings strain truce between government and militia
Basra security tensions flare as Iraqi soldiers fired over worshippers during Friday prayers in Mile 5 Square to prevent Shiite Mahdi Army supporters from gathering. One reported wounding. al-Sadr aides claim a fatality and condemn the move while pledging to uphold the ceasefire.
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Sadr Movement
Basra
Sadr
al-Sadr
Iraq
Baghdad
Nouri al-Maliki
Mahdi Army
Mile 5
al-Maliki
Saddam Hussein
Kufa
Abdul-Hadi al-Mohammadawi
Muqtada al-Sadr
Iran
Muhannad al-Gharawi
Sadrist