US attacks Shiite targets (fires Hellfire missile in the main Shiite stronghold in Baghdad)

AP on Yahoo ^ | 3/28/08 | Robert H. Reid - ap

[NormsRevenge]

The smoke 'em when ya find 'em lamp is lit.

Mahdi Army fighter takes up a position in Basra, Iraq, Friday, March 28, 2008. Shiite militants clashed with government forces for a fourth day in Iraq's oil-rich south and sporadic fighting broke out in Baghdad, despite a weekend curfew in the capital. (AP Photo/Nabil al-Jurani)

[Ernest_at_the_Beach]

Time to kill off the Mahdi-— Iranian backed Militia’s....

[NormsRevenge]

A Mahdi Army fighter passes a poster showing radical Shiite cleric Muqtada al-Sadr and his father Mohammed Sadiq al-Sadr, in Basra, Iraq, Friday, March 28, 2008. Shiite militants clashed with government forces for a fourth day in Iraq's oil-rich south and sporadic fighting broke out in Baghdad, despite a weekend curfew in the capital. (AP Photo/Nabil al-Jurani)

[Perdogg]

Give me a magpup masada chambered for 6.8mm and I will clean up the city.

[Ernest_at_the_Beach]

I posted this from the Times of london....I liked the Headline:

Iraqi militia success means Britain must fight – or admit failure ( Times of London Headline)

[strange1]

In all, the U.S. military said 13 suspected militants terrorists were killed Friday and 26 on Thursday in Baghdad operations.

Look at me getting all misty eyed, got a love a heart warming story. Daang I hope they got that on video!

[NormsRevenge]

Residents try to hose down a house after a U.S. air strike in Baghdad's Sadr City March 28, 2008. The attack killed four people and wounded three others, police said. REUTERS/Kareem Raheem (IRAQ)

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Vehicles burn after a U.S. air strike in a parking lot in Baghdad's Sadr City March 28, 2008. The attack killed four people and wounded three others, police said. REUTERS/Kareem Raheem (IRAQ)

[tobyhill]

If the media hasn’t been working directly for the militias how are they getting all these photos of clowns walking around with guns?

[Allegra]

Before dawn Friday, a U.S. aircraft fired a Hellfire missile in the Sadr City district — the Baghdad stronghold of the Mahdi Army — after gunmen there opened fire on an American patrol.

I heard it...it was so COOL. Sounds like a sudden low flying fast jet but it only lasts a second or two...then the .50 cal followed. It was awesome. :-D

Then I went back to sleep.

[NormsRevenge]

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Mahdi Army fighters take positions in Basra, Iraq, Friday, March 28, 2008. Shiite militants clashed with government forces for a fourth day in Iraq's oil-rich south and sporadic fighting broke out in Baghdad, despite a weekend curfew in the capital. (AP Photo/Nabil al-Jurani)

[tobyhill]

The 2 pictures are the same guy. The MSM is trying to pass this off as the militias are flooding the streets.

[SE Mom]

Hah! This explains why my son can now fall asleep at a moment’s notice under any circumstances;)

[Mac94]

Interesting pic in that they guys has western style fatigues, boots, gear, etc. in pretty good condition. Could this guy be Iraqi security force that switched based on Shia alliances?

[NormsRevenge]

Iraqis chant after prayers, next to a poster of radical Shiite cleric Muqtada al-Sadr in Kufa, Iraq, Friday, March 28, 2008.
Shiite militia leader Muqtada al-Sadr called on Thursday for a political solution to the burgeoning crisis and an end to the 'shedding of Iraqi blood.'
(AP Photo/Alaa al-Marjani)

[Bahbah]

LOL. Quel sang froid, dear girl.

If we are lucky, we get videos down the road.

[Lurker]

In my world walking around in Basra wearing a mask and toting a belt fed weapon would be an automatic death sentence, unless of course one were IA or IP.

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[EternalVigilance]

All I see are pictures of sniper-bait.

[tobyhill]

The Iraqi or US Troops need to take AP Photographer Nabil al-Jurani out because he's obviously a part of the militia's propaganda campaign.

[NormsRevenge]

There's a lot more of this here.. yahoo news photos Iraq

Mehdi Army fighters loyal to cleric Moqtada al-Sadr hold their
weapons as they dance in a street during a lull in fighting in Basra,
550 km (340 miles) south of Baghdad, March 28, 2008.
(Atef Hassan/Reuters)