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A US airstrike in Sadr City has killed sixteen people, according to reports on official al-Iraqiya television.And here's the resulting statementAswat al-Iraq reports in Arabic that the strike was directed at a village in the Sadr City area, which reulted in the deaths of 16 civilians, all of whom are civilians.
CNN Arabic reports that a source "high" in the Iraqi Interior Ministry has confirmed the attack, saying it came at 2:00 AM, local time.
The source also said that most of those killed were from the local guards who provide security for the district.
CNN Arabic reports that the US military has said it is looking into the report.
BAGHDAD, Iraq – Despite reports from individuals and some media organizations Coalition forces were not involved in air strikes over Sadr city on Friday.And from his hiding place:
BAGHDAD, March 30 — Religious leaders commanded by the Shiite cleric Moktada al-Sadr delivered a searing speech at Friday Prayer condemning the American presence in Iraq, while militiamen loyal to Mr. Sadr engaged in street battles against Iraqi Army soldiers in southwestern Baghdad, signaling a possible resurgence of the militia.We're in an anniversary season.Mr. Sadr has ordered the Mahdi Army, the militia he controls, to lie low during the early days of the new Baghdad security plan so as not to provoke a direct confrontation with the Americans. With the speech on Friday, which the religious leaders attributed to Mr. Sadr, it appeared that he was continuing to walk a tightrope, not openly defying American and Iraqi government attempts to secure the capital, but still sharply criticizing the United States presence in Iraq.
Iraqi police officials said Friday that American helicopters had conducted strikes in the early morning against a gathering of Shiite militiamen in an area east of the Baghdad neighborhood of Sadr City, Mr. Sadr’s stronghold. At least 20 people were killed and wounded, said a police official in the town of Khan Bani Saad, east of Sadr City. But a spokesman for the American military, Lt. Col. Josslyn Aberle, said she had no reports of such an incident.
