Americans capture key militia figure in Sadr City raid

Sunday, May 27, 2007

BAGHDAD -- American forces raided his Sadr City stronghold and killed five suspected militia fighters in air strikes Saturday, a day after radical Shiite cleric Muqtada al-Sadr resurfaced to end nearly four months in hiding and demand U.S. troops leave Iraq.

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