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Fighting spreads in Shiite areas of Iraq
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Admin on 27 March, 2008 04:19:00
 
BASRA (AFP) - Iraqi security forces Thursday battled Shiite militiamen in the
southern hub of Basra, where saboteurs blew up a key oil pipeline, as fierce
fighting engulfed the Shiite city of Kut, police said.