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Thursday, 27 March 2008, 16:46 GMT

In pictures: Iraqi clashes

A Mehdi Army militiaman takes a combat position as a car carrying a coffin passes by during clashes in the southern Iraqi city of Basra.

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Iraqi Shia militiamen have been fighting army troops for a third day in Basra and other parts of southern Iraq.

A woman comforts a wounded relative at a hospital in Baghdad's Shia district of Sadr City.

A woman comforts a wounded relative at a hospital in Baghdad's Shia district of Sadr City.

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There have also been fierce clashes further north, with many casualties in Shia areas of Baghdad.

Iraqis mourn during a funeral after a mortar hit a home killing three people in Sadr City, Baghdad.

Iraqis mourn during a funeral after a mortar hit a home killing three people in Sadr City, Baghdad.

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In the Sadr City district of the capital alone, about 30 people are estimated to have died since Tuesday in fighting between troops and the Mehdi Army militia.

A helicopter flies past a column of smoke coming out of the heavily fortified Green Zone.

A helicopter flies past a column of smoke coming out of the heavily fortified Green Zone.

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Mortar and rocket fire also hit Baghdad's heavily protected Green Zone.

A Shia woman holds poster of radical Moqtada Sadr during a protest in Sadr City.

A Shia woman holds poster of radical Moqtada Sadr during a protest in Sadr City.

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Many of Sadr City's residents are supporters of radical cleric Moqtada Sadr, who leads the Mehdi Army.

Sadrists place the picture of Iraqi PM Nouri Maliki on the head of a donkey during a demonstration in Baghdad.

Sadrists place the picture of Iraqi PM Nouri Maliki on the head of a donkey during a demonstration in Baghdad.

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Some Sadrists are openly showing their contempt for US-backed Prime Minister Nouri Maliki.

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