U.S. Troops Hold1st Major Sweep of Shiite Center

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BAGHDAD, Iraq - Hundreds of U.S. soldiers entered the Shiite stronghold of Sadr City on Sunday in the first major push into the area since an American-led security sweep began last month around Baghdad.

Soldiers conducted house-to-house searches but met no resistance in a district firmly in the hands of the Mahdi Army militia, led by the radical cleric Muqtada al-Sadr, Lt. Col. David Oclander said.

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U.S. Troops Hold1st Major Sweep of Shiite Center

Maj. Gen. William Caldwell, a U.S. military spokesman, told Al- Arabiya television that U.S. officials spo...

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