15 of Sadr's Terrorists Killed

BOOOOOOOOM!!! The defeat of al-Sadr's forces should be the last hurdle to stability in Iraq. Reuters

BAGHDAD (Reuters) - U.S. troops said on Wednesday they killed 15 gunmen overnight in Shi'ite areas of Baghdad where fighting has raged for weeks between militiamen loyal to Iraqi cleric Moqtada al-Sadr and security forces.

Ground forces and aircraft were involved in several attacks in and around eastern Baghdad, the U.S. military said in a statement. The first attack began around dusk on Tuesday.

Police said more than two dozen people had been killed in the past 24 hours in both Sadr City, the cleric's stronghold in eastern Baghdad, and a nearby Shi'ite area called Husseiniya. They said the death toll included two women.