BAGHDAD (AFP) - US troops went from house to house on Wednesday in Baghdad's Shiite stronghold looking for bombs and arms ahead of an Iraqi army deployment in line with a new truce, witnesses and officials said. Motorcycles and trucks were...

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BAGHDAD, May 15 (Xinhua) -- Overnight clashes between U.S.-backed Iraqi security forces and Shiite militia in Baghdad's eastern neighborhood of Sadr City killed at least seven people and wounded some 20 others, medical officials said on...
BAGHDAD, May 15 (Reuters) - Clashes between Shi'ite militiamen and security forces in Baghdad's Sadr City slum killed seven people and wounded 19 overnight, Iraqi police and hospitals said on Thursday. The dead were all men and the wounded...
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BAGHDAD (Reuters) - Clashes broke out between security forces and Shi'ite gunmen in Baghdad overnight and on Wednesday, police said, killing seven people and putting more strain on a deal to end nearly two months of fighting. Despite the...
BAGHDAD (Reuters) - Clashes between Shi'ite militiamen and security forces in Baghdad's Sadr City slum killed seven people and wounded 19 overnight, Iraqi police and hospitals said on Thursday. The dead were all men and the wounded included...