An armed Iraqi Shi'ite militiaman, follower of the radical cleric Moqtada al-Sadr, mans a checkpoint in the eastern Baghdad suburb of Al Sadr city August 6, 2004. Militia loyal to rebel cleric Moqtada al-Sadr battled U.S., British and Italian forces across central and southern Iraq (news - web sites) overnight and into Friday, threatening to reignite a Shi'ite uprising.
An Iraqi civilian asks for the right to pass after coming out of a bathroom while American soldiers made their way in to the wards of al Sheala hospital during a raid looking for wounded Mahdi army fighters in a west Baghdad neighborhood in Iraq (news - web sites) Friday Aug. 6, 2004. Coalition forces battled militiamen loyal to radical Shiite cleric Muqtada al-Sadr in several Iraqi cities Friday, saying they killed about 300 militants in Najaf over two days of fighting. Battles in other Shiite areas killed dozens more, according to Iraqi authorities. (AP Photo/Khalid Mohammed)
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Ali Walid, age 2, is held by close relative Ali Adel, 14, back to the camera, after boths Walid's parents were killed in the crossfire during clashes between American soldiers with al-Mahdi army fighters in a west Baghdad neighbourhood in Iraq (news - web sites) Friday Aug. 6, 2004. Coalition forces battled militiamen loyal to radical Shiite cleric Muqtada al-Sadr in several Iraqi cities Friday, saying they killed about 300 militants in Najaf over two days of fighting. Battles in other Shiite areas killed dozens more, according to Iraqi authorities
Americans troops take positions during clashes with al-Mahdi army fighters in a west Baghdad neighborhood in Iraq (news - web sites), Friday Aug. 6, 2004. Coalition forces battled militiamen loyal to radical Shiite cleric Muqtada al-Sadr in several Iraqi cities Friday, saying they killed about 300 militants in Najaf over two days of fighting. Battles in other Shiite areas killed dozens more, according to Iraqi authorities.
Iraqi Shi'ite militiamen gather in an alley of the impoverished Baghdad suburb of al Sadr city during street battles with U.S. and Iraqi security forces, August 6, 2004. Fresh fighting marks a major challenge for the interim government of Prime Minister Iyad Allawi and appears to have destroyed a two-month-old cease-fire between U.S. forces and Sadr's Mehdi militia.
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Iraqi Shi'ite supporters of radical cleric Moqtada al-Sadr take part in Friday prayers in the southern city of Basra, August 6, 2004. U.S. forces backed by helicopter gunships battled militia loyal to rebel cleric Moqtada al-Sadr in the holy city of Najaf on Friday, fueling fears of a second Shi'ite uprising. British and Italian troops were attacked by members of Sadr's militia, known as the Mehdi Army, across Shi'ite- dominated southern Iraq (news - web sites) -- in Basra, Amara and Nassiriya -- and fighting raged in Sadr City, a Shi'ite district of Baghdad