US troops push into Iraq rebel stronghold
Hundreds of US soldiers entered the Shiite stronghold of Sadr City today in the first major push into the area since an American-led security sweep began last month around Baghdad.
Soldiers conducted house-to-house searches, but met no resistance in a district firmly in the hands of the Madhi Army militia led by radical cleric Muqtada al-Sadr, said Lt Col David Oclander.
