| The US military reported killing 78 "bad guys" in Baghdad in the past three days; American forces backed by combat helicopters continued Friday to battle members of the Mahdi Army, a militia loyal to Shiite cleric Moqtada al-Sadr, in Baghdad, while Iraqi forces took them on in the south.Green Zone attacks this week have killed two Americans; embassy personnel are sleeping in the thick-walled palace of Saddam Hussein. |
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