Battles across Iraq's south in crackdown
(Reuters)
<p><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/nm/20080326/2008_03_25t073001_450x366_us_iraq.jpg?x=130&y=105&q=85&sig=zsSYg2UxZF4R0VKLRGhwUw--" align="left" height="105" width="130" alt="Iraqi troops take up positions in Basra in this television grab dated March 25, 2008. (Reuters TV/Reuters)" border="0" /> (http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/topstories/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20080326/ts_nm/iraq_dc)Reuters - Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki
ordered Shi'ite militiamen to surrender on Wednesday as a
crackdown on followers of powerful cleric Moqtada al-Sadr
spread across southern towns leaving a ceasefire in tatters.</p><br clear="all"/>
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