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At least 11 people have been killed and more than 30 wounded in overnight clashes between US-led forces and Shia militias in Baghdad, police have said. | |
Two women and a child are believed to have been among those killed in the fierce fighting in the capital's mainly Shia suburb of Sadr City, they added. | |
US and Iraqi forces have recently been targeting Shia militias, especially the Mehdi Army of the cleric, Moqtada Sadr. | |
On Friday, he urged his supporters to respect a truce he called in August. | |
"You are the best who committed and were patient with the decision to cease fire, and were the most obedient to your leader," he said in a statement read out in mosques across Iraq during Friday prayers. | |
"I wish you would continue your patience and your belief." | |
Although Moqtada Sadr said he considered fighting foreign forces "a holy rite", he insisted the Mehdi Army would not fight the US-led coalition unless its fighters were attacked. |
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