Troops battle Shia militias
IRAQI forces clashed with Shia militias in the southern oil port of Basra today as a security plan to clamp down on violence between rival factions began.
Muqtada al-Sadr's headquarters in Najaf ordered field commanders with his Mahdi Army militia to go on high alert.
Gunmen also clashed with guards from the Supreme Islamic Iraqi Council at the entrance of Baghdad's main Mahdi Army stronghold of Sadr City, police said.
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