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Monday, March 30, 2009

Tension high after Baghdad arrest

Security forces in Baghdad have taken control of main roads leading to a district where at least three people were killed on Saturday.Clashes between US and Iraqi forces and a patrol group broke out when a local Sunni militia leader was arrested.On Sunday, troops drove through the Fadil neighbourhood urging fighters to hand over their weapons.US officials are trying to negotiate the release of five Iraqi soldiers taken hostage during the clashes.The security forces have warned the militants that they will be treated as terrorists if they do not surrender their weapons.

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