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BTC Newshttp://www.btcnews.com/btcnews [BTC News] “The National Police had a severe fight with them and as a result of these clashes, they killed 53 terrorists, arrested 16, burned 40 cars and seized many weapons.”If accurate, it’s good news other than in the sense that Iraqi police are fighting pitched battles with insurgents on the outskirts of the capital city, possibly as part of an effort by the insurgents to cut Baghdad off from the rest of the country.

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http://stevegilliard.blogspot.com [Stevegilliard.blogspot.com] THE NEWS BLOG: In Sadr City, the sprawling slum in the east of the capital that is home to 2.5 million people, American soldiers have been setting up barriers of cement blocks and sandbags after a US soldier was abducted, supposedly by the Mehdi Army. The US also closed several of the bridges across the Tigris river making it almost impossible to move between east and west Baghdad.

Guardian.co.ukhttp://www.guardian.co.uk [Guardian.co.uk] Guardian Unlimited | Special reports | Iraq timeline: 2005: Insurgents murder senior judge Qais Hashim Shameri and his son in an ambush in eastern Baghdad, and 11 Iraqi policemen are killed in clashes in the eastern Rashad district of the capital after security forces fire on militants handing out leaflets warning people not to vote in Sunday's elections. Five US soldiers are killed when their armoured vehicle rolls into a canal during a sandstorm, and insurgents also release video footage showing US contractor Roy Hallums held hostage at gunpoint and pleading for his life to be spared.

http://namguardianangel.blogspot.com [Namguardianangel.blogspot.com] NAM GUARDIAN ANGEL: U.S.-backed Iraqi special forces raided a target in the Shi'ite slum district of Sadr City in Baghdad on Saturday, returning to an area where recent raids have sparked tensions with Washington over cracking down on militias.

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