Baghdad  - Iraqi and US troops killed 22 Shiite gunmen who attacked a security checkpoint in north-

Baghdad  - Political moves are under way to defuse the crisis between Iraq's government and radical Shiite cleric Moqtada al-Sadr and to lift the blockade of Baghdad's Sadr City, a Shiite lawmaker

Baghdad  -  At least 10 people were killed and 14 others wounded in separate incidents in Iraq, media reports and US military said Saturday.

In Tikrit, some 180 kilometres north of Baghdad, US forces killed five suspected terrorists during military operations, US military said. US forces also discovered weapons and some 900 explosives in the town.

In another incident, US forces killed two suspected terrorists and detained another seven in the northern city of Samara, US military said.

Baghdad  - At least 11 people were killed and 32 wounded during intense clashes early Friday in the Sadr City section of Baghdad, media reports said.

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