Deadly Clashes in Karbala

World | May 17, 2004, Monday // 00:00

AT least five Iraqis died and 32 were injured during Sunday night's clashes in Karbala. Media reported that coalition troops were battling loyalists of radical Shiite cleric Moqtada al-Sadr. There is a Bulgarian unit in the holy city. The peacekeepers in Karbala are under Polish command. However, US soldiers recently had to back-up the Karbala troops as tension there was getting high.

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