http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080325/ap_on_re_mi_ea/iraq]US, Iraqi troops battle Shiite militia (AP) [/URL]



AP - Iraq's leaders faced their gravest challenge in months Tuesday as Shiite militiamen loyal to anti-American cleric Muqtada al-Sadr battled government forces for control of the southern oil capital, fought U.S. and Iraqi troops in Baghdad and unleashed rockets on the Green Zone.