Developments in Iraq on Sunday 5/10/04

Monday, May 10, 2004

  • U.S. forces stepped up pressure on Shiite gunmen loyal to radical cleric Muqtada al-Sadr, pushing into the holy city of Kufa with tanks and assaulting militia positions in the narrow streets of a Shiite enclave in Baghdad. At least 34 Iraqis were killed.

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