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| Three US service personnel have been killed and 31 wounded by rocket attacks on the Green Zone and a base elsewhere in Baghdad, the US military has said. | Three US service personnel have been killed and 31 wounded by rocket attacks on the Green Zone and a base elsewhere in Baghdad, the US military has said. |
| The rocket attack at 1530 (1230 GMT) on the Green Zone, which houses government offices and foreign embassies, killed two personnel and wounded at least 17. | The rocket attack at 1530 (1230 GMT) on the Green Zone, which houses government offices and foreign embassies, killed two personnel and wounded at least 17. |
| A separate attack at the same time on a forward operating base in the Rustamiya district killed another and injured 14. | A separate attack at the same time on a forward operating base in the Rustamiya district killed another and injured 14. |
| The attacks came after fighting between US and Iraqi forces and a Shia militia. | |
| Twenty-two people were killed and more than 50 others injured in the clashes in the capital's eastern district of Sadr City, a stronghold of the Mehdi Army. | |
| The militia's leader, radical Shia cleric Moqtada Sadr, has called for a mass demonstration in three days' time against the US military presence. | |
| On Saturday, the Iraqi president, prime minister and other political leaders called for militias to be disbanded. | On Saturday, the Iraqi president, prime minister and other political leaders called for militias to be disbanded. |
| Analysts said the call was aimed mainly at the Mehdi Army, which has recently been involved in heavy fighting with the security forces across southern Iraq. | Analysts said the call was aimed mainly at the Mehdi Army, which has recently been involved in heavy fighting with the security forces across southern Iraq. |