Meanwhile: Baghdad clashes leave 400 dead
Baghdad clashes leave 400 dead
More than 400 people have been killed in fighting over the last month between Shia militias and US and Iraqi forces, hospital officials in Baghdad say.
The fighting has been concentrated in the capital's eastern district of Sadr City, a stronghold of the Mehdi Army militia of the cleric, Moqtada Sadr.
Five US soldiers have been killed in fighting in Baghdad since Tuesday.
April has been the most lethal month for US troops in Iraq, with 49 deaths, since September, when 65 soldiers died.
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