Sectarian clashes erupt in Baghdad for second day

Wednesday, April 19, 2006

BAGHDAD, Iraq -- Clashes persisted for a second day Tuesday in a Sunni district of Baghdad between Iraqi forces and what appeared to be local militiamen who feared that Shiite death squads had infiltrated the community.

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