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Baghdad

U.S. forces arrest 4 Sadrists

BAGHDAD / IraqiNews.com: The U.S. troops arrested four Sadrists in eastern Baghdad, the media office of the Sadrist bloc said in a statement on Wednesday. “The U.S. forces arrested four Sadrists on Tuesday night (May 5) during the daily raids in the sector 43 in the Sadr City in eastern Baghdad,” said the statement received by IraqiNews.com news agency. The Sadrist bloc, led by Shiite cleric Muqtada al-Sadr, has 29 seats out of the 275-seat parliament. SH (P) 1