Shi'ite Militia Rules Streets of Baghdad Slum

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http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/nm/20040405/wl_nm/iraq_clashes_militiamen_dc&cid=574&ncid=1480

BAGHDAD (Reuters) - U.S. helicopter gunships opened fire as tanks rumbled through Baghdad's sprawling Shuala district Monday, but teenage militiamen with guns and knives were firmly in control when the clashes ended.


Young boys jumped up and down on a U.S. military truck that had been attacked and set ablaze in a symbolic victory for radical Shi'ite cleric Moqtada al-Sadr, whose militiamen are challenging U.S. forces in several cities across Iraq.


Sadr's Mehdi Army has said for months it is ready for holy war against the Americans if the order comes, and the militia displayed its zeal and organizational skills Monday in Shuala, a teeming Shi'ite area.


Officials in Sadr's local headquarters said U.S. troops backed by helicopters mounted an incursion into Shuala in the morning, firing tank-mounted machineguns from a distance.

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[Kagemusha]

1. They left the enemy in possession of the ground?...

What kind of operation is that!?

[markses]

2. An operation in which you retreat

That's the kind of operation it was. ;-)

[patriotvoice]

3. kick

I was going to post this, but I'll kick it instead.