Iraqi forces raid mosque

Iraqi forces backed by US troops raided a Shiite mosque in Baghdad’s Sadr City district, detaining up to 25 followers of a radical Shiite cleric, police and the cleric’s supporters said today.

Iraqi forces raid mosque

Iraqi forces backed by US troops raided a Shiite mosque in Baghdad’s Sadr City district, detaining up to 25 followers of a radical Shiite cleric, police and the cleric’s supporters said today.

The raid took place last night at the Al-Rasoul mosque in the teeming Shiite quarter, where US troops battled followers of cleric Muqtada al-Sadr last year until a peace agreement was struck.

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