Suspected al-Qaida fighters attack Sunnis in Baghdad

Friday, November 23, 2007

BAGHDAD -- Al-Qaida militants commandeered Iraqi army vehicles and then attacked U.S.-backed Sunni fighters in south Baghdad during a fierce gunbattle that left 18 people dead Thursday, police and local Sunnis said.

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