Iraq - Apache helicopters fire at Sadr militants west of Baghdad

AFP via Babelfish translation | April 5, 2004

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Shootings of Apache helicopters and violent one engagements in the west of Baghdad

Two American helicopters Apache shot Monday at members from the militia from the radical leader Moqtada Sadr whereas violent ones engagements opposed the militiamans Shiites to the American forces in the west of Baghdad, according to a journalist of the AFP and witnesses.

"Two Apache helicopters opened fire on members of +l' armed with Mehdi+", affirmed Abbas Amid, 25 years, inhabitant of the Choula district of Baghdad.

The engagements started when five trucks of American soldiers and the members of the Iraqi forces of civil defense (ICDC, auxiliary of the army) tried to enter the district, noted a journalist of the AFP.

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They pulled the tiger's tail hard a few days ago, and had a good laugh while it shrieked. I hope that laugh was worth it, because I'm guessing that they'll find the sharp side of the tiger a lot less fun.

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A U.S. Army Abrams tank patrols the streets of the impoverished Baghdad suburb of Al Sadr City April 5, 2004, a day after clashes in the area cost the lives of seven U.S. soldiers and 28 Iraqis. Photo by Ali Jasim/Reuters

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An Iraqi Shi'ite supporter of cleric Moqtada al-Sadr celebrates near a burning U.S. Army truck in the Shula neighbourhood of Baghdad April 5, 2004. REUTERS/Ceerwan Aziz

Iraqi Shi'ite supporters of cleric Moqtada al-Sadr celebrate near a burning U.S. Army truck in the Shuala neighborhood of Baghdad April 5, 2004. (Ceerwan Aziz/Reuters)

Members of Shiite radical leader Moqtada al-Sadr's Army of Mehdi militia celebrate near a burning US Humvee in Baghdad's al-Sadr City district. (AFP/Ahmad Al-Rubaye)