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Iraqi police and Mehdi army clash despite ceasefire

Other News Materials 14 March 2008 23:01 (UTC +04:00)

( Reuter )- Members of Shi'ite cleric Moqtada al-Sadr's Mehdi Army militia clashed with Iraqi police in the southern city of Kut on Friday, a day after a close Sadr aide ordered militiamen to observe a ceasefire, police said.

One policeman was killed in the fighting, and two civilians injured, police said.

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