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Siege of Sadr city, Iraq, April 2008.
In March the US backed Iraqi government launched an offensive against Moktada al-Sard's Mahdi militia in Basra.
Fighting soon spread to Baghdad's Sadr city.
The parents of a three year old boy, who was shot and killed during fighting, weep outside the morgue of a hospital in Sadr city.
The body of a three year old boy, who was shot and killed during fighting, lies in the morgue of a hospital in Sadr city.
The boy was playing outside his house when he was killed.
An Iraqi man who was severely injured during fighting in Sadr City recovers in a hospital. He died a few days later.
An Iraqi man inspects a building that was damaged during fighting between the Mahdi militia and US backed Iraqi army.
US soldiers climb into their stryker vehicles after smoke was launched to provide the soldiers cover from sniper fire.
A fire rages through a market in Sadr city that was accidentally ignited when smoke was launched to provide cover from sniper fire for US soldiers.
Iraqis try to put out a fire that raged through a market in Sadr city that was accidentally ignited when smoke was launched to provide cover from sniper fire for US soldiers.
US soldiers with the 1st Squadron, 2nd Stryker Cavalry Regiment sit inside a smoke filled combat out-post in Sadr city .
A US soldier with Bravo Company 1-14 Infantry 2nd Stryker Brigade Combat team fires his weapon towards enemy positions after the platoon came under fire while searching for the location from where a RPG had been fired at their combat post.
An Iraqi soldier frog marches towards cover after firing at Mahdi positions.
Medics and US soldiers with Bravo Company 1-14 Infantry 2nd Stryker Brigade treat a wounded Iraqi soldier.
Work crews plant concrete T walls along a street in Sadr City in the early hours of the morning.
This is part of a plan to isolate volatile areas of Sadr city from the areas that military hopes to secure with the Iraqi Army.
A US Army Explosive Ordinance Disposal team destroyed unexploded at an Iraqi army base that was occupied by US soldiers with Bravo Company 1-14 Infantry 2nd Stryker Brigade.
Iraqi men and US soldiers carry a litter containing Samera Tula (38) who was severely burnt when a propane gas tank exploded in her home near the US patrol base.
Iraqi soldiers drive down a road in Sadr City after deserting their base after a firefight against Mahdi Army fighters.