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The clashes subsided after al-Sadr called for his followers to stand down

after he got his butt kicked

8 posted on 04/03/2008 7:14:20 PM PDT by maine-iac7 ("...but you can't fool all of the people all of the time" LINCOLN)

CNN 4/2/2008
****Basra police chief Gen. Abdul Jalil Khalaf said more than 75 percent of the city is under security force control and that troops and police have access to all areas of the city.****
http://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/meast/04/02/iraq.main/

CNN 4/3/2008
****A closely held U.S. military intelligence analysis of the fighting showed that Iraqi security forces controlled less than a quarter of the city, according to U.S. officials in the United States and Iraq. They said Basra's police units were deeply infiltrated by members of al-Sadr’s Mehdi Army.****
http://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/meast/04/03/iraq.alsadr/index.html

9 posted on 04/03/2008 7:20:19 PM PDT by tobyhill (The media lies so much the truth is the exception)

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