Al-Sadr forces clash with US in Kufa

Militants loyal to radical Shiite cleric Muqtada al-Sadr clashed with US forces near a mosque in the Shiite holy city of Kufa today, and hospital officials said at least three Iraqis were killed and 16 others wounded.

In Baghdad, a car bomb exploded in a Sunni Muslim district, killing at least two people and injuring about 20 others, including children, police said.