18 killed in mosque clash

Eighteen people were killed in a clash involving US and Iraqi army forces at a mosque in eastern Baghdad today.

Abdul-Zahra al-Suaidi, a top aide to radical Shiite cleric Muqtada al-Sadr, said US forces and Iraqi army soldiers opened fire at the al-Moustafa Shiite mosque in the Ur neighbourhood, killing 18 people in what he called an unprovoked attack.