Sadr City: 4ID engages Mahdi Army in 4 hour firefight

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Sadr City: 4ID engages Mahdi Army in 4 hour firefight

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US troops kill 28 Mahdi fighters during Sadr City ambush

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By Bill RoggioApril 29, 2008 11:14 AM

Heavy fighting broke out between Coalition and Mahdi Army forces in Sadr City as US troops killed 28 Mahdi Army fighters after being ambushed during a patrol. Seven more Mahdi Army fighters were killed during strikes yesterday.

The 28 Mahdi Army fighters were killed during a four-hour battle in southern Sadr City after a US soldier was wounded by gunfire and US forces began to evacuate the soldier, Lieutenant Colonel Steven Stover, the chief Public Affairs Officer for Multinational Division Baghdad said. “The fire came from the portion of Sadr City we are not in – the northern neighborhoods – and militants fired at our patrol in the southern neighborhoods,â€
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