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BAGHDAD - Suspected Shiite militiamen hit military bases with mortar rounds and sprayed machine gun fire at a Polish helicopter Monday, setting off fierce fighting that killed at least four civilians in a volatile area south of Baghdad.
It was the latest flare-up of internal Shiite feuds that threaten to destabilize the oil-rich southern region and undermine U.S. progress against al-Qaida in Iraq elsewhere in the country.See the full content of this document
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Shiite Militia Attack Kills Four
U.S. commanders have cited major progress in curtailing al-Qaida operations during an 8-month-old security operation, but they have been unable to stop the car bombings and suicide attacks usually attributed to the group.
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