The U.S. military said they launched an operation overnight aiming to ''disband and disarm'' militia loyal to the rebel Shiite cleric Muqtada al-Sadr and open way for reconstruction projects in the city.
Boston.com articlearticleThe Thursday attacks followed a day of fierce clashes between American troops and fighters loyal to al-Sadr.
U.S. warplanes and helicopters roared overhead and residents said loud explosions could be heard for hours. Militia fighters returned fire with machine guns, they said.
An American Bradley fighting vehicle was hit by a rocket-propelled grenade and caught fire, according to a U.S. military report.
...Iraqi doctors said one person was killed and 12 were injured, many of them children.
Air strikes will do that sometimes.
We are certainly opening the way for reconstruction, though. If you call making lots of it necessary "opening the way".
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