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A militiaman, loyal to the radical Shiite cleric Moqtada al-Sadr, carries his gun during a sandstorm and ongoing clashes with the Iraqi army on April 17, 2008 in the Sadr city Shiite district of Baghdad, Iraq. Clashes continue between militiamen, loyal to the radical Shiite cleric Moqtada al-Sadr and the Iraqi /U.S army, in the Sadr city district east of Baghdad. According to hospital officials, three people were killed and seven others were wounded in an air strik early on April 17, 2008.
| Apr 17th 2008 7:28PM
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