Monthly archives: April, 2008

Shi’ite militia continue to put pressure on Iraqi forces and seek to expand desertions by government troops

Fighting flared overnight in two key Shiite regions of Iraq, with four people killed early Wednesday in a U.S. airstrike in Basra and five others dying in battles in Baghdad’s volatile northeastern region.

A wave of bombings blamed on al Qaeda in Iraq shook Baghdad and three provincial capitals Tuesday, killing at least 60 people and wounding more than 100 across Iraq.